Are you struggling with persistent pain and stiffness in your shoulders, neck or hips beyond the usual aches and pains of aging? Polymyalgia rheumatica, a common inflammatory rheumatic disease ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Diagnosing giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica can “fascinate” and cause “trepidation” ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis can overlap and resemble one another in diagnosis and disease ...

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, ...

March 12, 2012 — Diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) has started to move from the realm of clinical intuition toward a more objective approach, after the release of provisional classification ...

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 ...

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 ...