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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jul 27 8:00am | Replies (468)
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@wilmingtonemperor

Hi; I just had my 4th Kevzara injection yesterday and I am seeing a difference. All the literature says 2-3 months for Kevzara to be fully effective. At the same time I am down to 5mg of prednisone for the next two weeks, have my fifth dose of Kevzara on Dec 19 and move to 2.5 prednisone until I see doc on Jan 9. Plan is to come off prednisone entirely at that point since I will have had six doses of Kevzara and see what happens. If I have to stay on Kevzara for a period of time, so be it. Interestingly, it will be just short of 1 year since my diagnoses.
Good luck, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

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walkamok | @walkamok | Dec 7, 2023

Thank you for this post. It seems that we are following parallel paths.
Good to know that 2-3 months can pass for the Kevzara to become fully effective. I will tamp down my expectations.
Now at 3 mg I am starting to feel pain in my left shoulder creeping in--difficult to raise the arm. I would say that I will try to keep a close watch on it but somehow I think that that is not going to be a problem...
And the joys of the holiday season to you as well!

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