Polymyalgia rheumatica   

Questions discussed in this category



Do you plan to use sarilumab for all patients with relapsing or refractory PMR or are there certain features that will make you more or less likely to...

How much cumulative prednisone exposure do you tolerate and how many attempts at tapering will you pursue before considering addition of a steroid spa...

After what interval of sustained remission will you attempt to taper, and will you do so by first widening the dosing interval?

Will you initiate sarilumab as a first steroid sparing agent or will you still pursue a DMARD such as methotrexate before initiating sarilumab? To wha...

Do you universally perform baseline DEXA and Hgb A1C? How often are you obtaining routine labs?

Since tocilizumab is known to normalize ESR/CRP, are there any markers/blood tests that may be helpful to check for PMR patients with question of exac...


Papers discussed in this category


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Rheumatol Ther, 2021 Mar 21

Current medical research and opinion, 2016-12

Open access rheumatology : research and reviews, 2016

Annals of internal medicine, 2004-10-05

The New England journal of medicine, 2023 Oct 05

Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 1996 Apr

The Journal of rheumatology, 1996 Sep

International journal of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, 2021 May

Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2022 Feb 24

JAMA, 2022 Sep 20

Ann Rheum Dis, 2015 Oct

Arthritis care & research, 2023 Aug 10

Arthritis care & research, 2023 Oct 26

Rheumatology advances in practice, 2021 Nov 27

Rheumatology (Sunnyvale, Calif.), 2015 May 07

Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2013 Jul 10