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Will never get a Covid Booster with all the negative side affects that I'm hearing about. Just had Covid on September 28th and saw my Pulmonologist in Philadelphia UPenn a few days ago. Hesitant to get any vaccines. He said I had Covid Pneumonia.....weathered the storm and now feeling better.

Originally on 60 mg of Prednisone for PMR and have been weaned down to 15 mgs but my Sedementation Rate is climbing. At 60 Sed Rate was 7, at 40 Set Rate 13, at 20 Sed Rate 32, and now at 15 mgs as of yesterday have not had blood work done yet.....my doctor says she does not go by the numbers Sed Rate, but looks at how the patient feels. Any thoughts about the numbers going up and how much it really matters?

Just got approval for Kevzara but waiting for my liver values to go down even more than they have already. I believe someone mentioned this medication earlier to me, and that it was controlling their PMR quite well. Anyone out there, let me know what pros and cons they have experienced with Kevzara medication? Still optimistic in spite of my numbers. Had a great day and night yesterday; made Healthy Eggplant Parmesan (no bread crumbs or frying; everything baked) at 2 am and it came out great!

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joan7; getting my first injection of Kevzara next Tuesday. Had both flu and Covid booster at the same time two weeks ago. Got the RSV last Thursday, advice is to wait 2 weeks after other shots. No reaction at all to any of them, both my wife and I all good. I am 82 and while prednisone is magic, love it and hate it at the same time, if PMR is going to be chronic, prednisone for the long term is not the way to go. My doc and I are both former military and he is not afraid to try something new. I am his first experience with Kevzara.
Good Luck, John

I just started on Kevzara-have had two doses and have not really noticed any improvement yet.