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Hi @rocksology . I just looked at your profile and other posts. Seems that you have...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1365064/
I do encourage the Methotrexate or the ... Kevzara. ... I hope to start Kevzara soon (this month
Discussion: Prednisone and Osteoperosis
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Aug 6, 2025
Keep your spirits up if you are unable to do the fast taper (4 mg in...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1365054/
wrong about insurance approval of Kevzara ... Not all insurance companies require methotrexate ... before approving Kevzara - mine didn ... Kevvzara (generic name is sarilumab) ... One month after starting Kevzara, I
Discussion: Prednisone and Osteoperosis
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Aug 6, 2025
My impression is that methotrexate is viewed as being much less effective for PMR than prednisone...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1208335/
My impression is that methotrexate is ... many patients try adding DMARD's (methotrexate ... ) and biologics (Kevzara) but they end
Discussion: Using methotrexate with PMR
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jan 10, 2025
Hello, I was diagnose with PMR in 2011, I was also on methotrexate for a few...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1206784/
diagnose with PMR in 2011, I was also on methotrexate ... I recently started on Kevzara because
Discussion: Using methotrexate with PMR
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jan 8, 2025
"I want her to consider Actemra for me. Based on posts in this group, I think...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1203893/
know if I have to try something like methotrexate ... nothing else worked ... most notably methotrexate ... Kevzara was FDA approved for PMR in
Discussion: How did you cope with the side effects tapering off prednisone?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jan 4, 2025
I can only speak from personal experience with Actemra (tocilizumab) which was offered to me 13...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1193147/
approved for me, other alternatives like methotrexate ... The same applies to Kevzara. ... Now, my rheumatologist says Kevzara ... because I haven't ever been on Kevzara ... //www.drugs.com/compare/actemra-vs-kevzara
Discussion: Starting KEVZARA: Anyone experience side effects?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Dec 18, 2024
My experience with methotrexate was horrible nausea at first but I was able to taper prednisone...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1178866/
My experience with methotrexate was ... because back and leg pain is arising as Kevzara ... observed that people try the DMARDs like methotrexate ... and the biologics like Kevzara and
Discussion: New Methotrexate Study in PMR
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 23, 2024
Hi JF, I did try Kevzara autoinject. Had immediate chest pain but really was skin reacting...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1166343/
Hi JF, I did try Kevzara autoinject ... Tried Kevzara once more and had horrible ... Prior to this I had 5 injections of Methotrexate
Discussion: PMR and Methotrexate
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 1, 2024
I have been on prednisone for 3 years. After the first year at higher doses, from...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1137289/
After I started Kevzara 4 months ago ... Methotrexate caused some bad changes ... So far so good on Kevzara but I haven
Discussion: Effects of Prednisone on Eyes
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Sep 6, 2024
It isn't really a choice between two medications because nobody will know what will work the...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1131849/
progress to a conventional DMARD (methotrexate ... ) versus a biologic DMARD (Kevzara). ... again, I would skip Prednisone and Methotrexate ... and go directly to a biologic DMARD (Kevzara ... first before progressing to Kevzara
Discussion: methotrexate or kevzara
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
Methotrexate is an older conventional medication that is frequently used by rheumatologists for many autoimmune conditions....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1116465/
Methotrexate is an older conventional ... Both Kevzara and Actema are biologics ... Actemra and Kevzara are IL-6 receptor ... Kevzara (sarilumab) was recently FDA ... rehumatologist had to document that methotrexate
Discussion: What justifies an increase in prednisone?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Aug 2, 2024
They ordered the biopsy and I did not have GCA. I was put on prednisone 20...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1099650/
years on prednisone now, a trial of methotrexate ... and now Kevzara. ... I feel pretty good and if the Kevzara ... effects, will wait to see what the Kevzara
Discussion: A Bizarre Change in Condition
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jul 5, 2024