DEAR DR. ROACH: I was recently diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica after weeks of intense muscle pain. I’m a 67-year-old female in otherwise good health. My doctor prescribed prednisone, which ...

All About Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Temporal Arteritis: From Symptoms to Treatments: By Shreoshree Chakrabarty Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and temporal arteritis, also known as giant cell arteritis ...

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Dear Dr. Roach: I think my 75-year-old husband has polymyalgia rheumatica, and I understand it has no definitive cause. He gets severe unbearable pain alternating between his neck and hips every few ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I was recently diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica after weeks of intense muscle pain. I’m a 67-year-old female in otherwise good health. My doctor prescribed prednisone, which ...

About half of patients with steroid-dependent polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) were able to get off steroids altogether when they were started on tocilizumab (Actemra) infusions, which also improved ...

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a systemic inflammatory disorder that predominantly affects individuals over the age of 50. It is characterised by pain and stiffness in the shoulder and hip girdles, ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 69-year-old woman who has been recently diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica after three months of severe pain and no diagnosis. I am now on prednisone, with some pain relief.

Baricitinib can effectively treat polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) without the use of oral glucocorticoids, according to results from a small, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Among the ...

Sarilumab, a biologic, is sold as Kevzara. The FDA recently approved sarilumab (Kevzara) for the treatment of adults with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) who had an inadequate response to corticosteroids ...

In a long-term follow-up study, patients with isolated polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and biopsy-confirmed giant cell arteritis (GCA) had no increased all-cause mortality compared with matched ...