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How long has PMR lasted - I'm trying to find the average
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Dec 26, 2023 | Replies (136)Comment receiving replies
A 1 mg per month taper after getting down to 10 mg is a standard tapering plan.
In theory, a person might be able to taper more quickly when on a biologic medication. This assumes the biologic works. Actemra worked for me for PMR and allowed me to taper faster. I just needed some extra time for my adrenals to recover.
After I got off prednisone, I learned about some conditions that prednisone was "masking." There were several "surprises" after I got off prednisone when the mask was removed.
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How long were you on Actemra? I am about to start Kezvara which is similar to Actemra. I was good until I tapered to 7.5 and then symptoms returned. My ESR rates are increased and thus the decision to try the biologics. There does not seem to be an answer about how long one needs to be on these new drugs since they have not been around that long. how long did it take for you to totally taper off of the predisone, and then how much longer were you on the Actemra?
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I was diagnosed last July, managed to get down to 4 but will have to increase as struggling on 4mg, can you tell me what Prednisone masked as I feel I have different things. Dr monitoring me and now under a rheumatologist something doesn’t feel right. Yvonne