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Kevzara is FDA approved for PMR. I started a similar biologic called Actemra after 12 years...
Kevzara is FDA approved for PMR. ... also have the potential for serious side ... effects. ... term prednisone, I also had serious side ... effects from prednisone.
Posted: Nov 26, 2023
So Pam, I have been on Kevzara since October along with 2.5 prednisone. Tuesday was my...
So Pam, I have been on Kevzara since ... my last day on prednisone and now Kevzara ... Absolutely no side effects from Kevzara
Hello Beverly @beaver, Welcome to Connect. I think it's always a good idea to discuss the...
good idea to discuss the possible side ... effects with your doctor before starting ... / --- Kevzara (sarilumab) to treat ... pmr-and-methotrexate/ Which of the potential side ... effects worries you the most?
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Posted: Jan 25 2:09pm
Kevzara wasn't available for PMR when my rheumatologist wanted me to try a biologic for "refractory...
Kevzara wasn't available for PMR ... Kevzara was FDA approved for PMR in ... on Actemra, I have very few if any side ... effects. ... Actemra and Kevzara have similar risk
Posted: Feb 21 8:36am
Yes ... I think that is true. https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/treatment/treatment-plan/disease-management/the-first-medications-for-psa "Biologic DMARDs are used if your PsA wasn’t...
prednisone treatment comes with many side ... effects so they don't like to diagnose ... Now Kevzara is FDA approved for PMR. ... Kevzara will probably corner the market ... effects from prednisone before a biologic
Posted: Feb 5 9:32pm
One of the worst aspects of PMR, for me, is that the treatment (prednisone) works but...
targeted" drugs like Actemra and Zevzara ... I also pay attention to the side effects ... All of the things which might be affected ... doctor is monitoring for prednisone side ... effects.
I haven't tried Cymbalta. I have fibromyalgia and it's FDA approved for fibromyaliga; it might help...
anti-depressant), it has all the potential side ... who had a very difficult time with side ... help them reduce their prednisone (Kevzara ... it, but it's very low risk of side ... effects.
Posted: Jul 12, 2023
Hi, yes. I have experienced severe side effects. High blood pressure, high A1C, memory loss, severe...
I have experienced severe side effects ... Doctor recommends we move to Kevzara ... these high doses for so long and no side ... effects.
Posted: May 29, 2023
I don't know all the details but it was 28% of people who were not doing...
effects on Kevzara. ... The nice thing is Kevzara can be stopped ... doesn't work or if people have side ... effects. ... effects.
Posted: Sep 26, 2023
I’m glad you asked and hopefully we will hear good news from the others. I have...
benign hepatic cysts and some new right side ... Kevzara can apparently cause them to ... whether or not it is safe to return to Kevzara ... since it is likely to have the same effect
Posted: Jul 15, 2023
Hi @sheralee, I just had my first Kevzara injection on Tuesday. So far, so good. No...
Hi @sheralee, I just had my first Kevzara ... No side effects and a very slight improvement ... m exactly who they describe in the Kevzara ... forward and leave Prednisone and the bad side ... effects behind.
Posted: May 26, 2023
I’m sorry that you’re struggling, PMR affects everyone so differently. I’ve been maintaining on 4 mg...
sorry that you’re struggling, PMR affects ... I decided to chicken out on the Kevzara ... due to fear of the side effects, I ... low dose on the Pred, which has no side ... Some folks do well on Kevzara, I just
Posted: May 25, 2023
I hope you have good luck with Kevzara. I'm on Actemra which my rheumatologist wanted me...
I hope you have good luck with Kevzara ... experiences other people have with Kevzara ... I might have some minor sided effects ... Kevzara and Actemra target the same ... Kevzara is FDA approved for PMR.
Posted: Jun 7, 2023
That's the hope my doctor gave me re Kevzara, that he can wean me off prednisone,...
#39;s the hope my doctor gave me re Kevzara ... prednisone, which apparently has worse side ... effects, I guess because it suppresses
Posted: Jun 28, 2023
How long in total were you on Kevzara? From the time you started Kevzara ... how...
How long in total were you on Kevzara ... From the time you started Kevzara .. ... of treatment with Prednisone also affects ... I don't seem to have any major side ... effects from Actemra.
I too have had trouble distinguishing between pmr symptoms and ordinary aches and pains. Long-standing hip...
Regarding kevzara, at the suggestion ... am not entirely sure I want to take kevzara ... its own long and forbidding list of side ... effects.
Posted: Oct 25, 2023
I had trouble tapering below 10, finally got to 8 but no lower. Methotrexate allowed me...
My rheumatologist brought up Kevzara ... Kevzara would cost $280 a month and ... handle the possibility of more severe side ... effects that what I am on now.
Be patient and hopefully Kevzara works for you. I didn't really know Actemra was working until...
Be patient and hopefully Kevzara works ... Adrenal suppression is a side effect ... treating me for other residual prednisone side ... effects.
Yes, I have had that hand and wrist pain coincident with PMR, in dominant hand only....
Finger pain was on top side of fingers ... , not on palm side. ... Have been on Kezvara for 4 months now ... mg Pr as of yesterday with no ill effects
Posted: Mar 18 6:41am