Is there a role for tocilizumab in treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica in patients who do not have features of giant cell arteritis or rheumatoid arthritis?
Answer from: at Community Practice
In select PMR patients with multiple relapses as corticosteroids are tapered or who have significant steroid toxicity, additional "steroid-sparing" agents may be considered. I do think in this setting tocilizumab may be useful. IL-6 has long been appreciated as a pivotal cytokine in PMR. ...