Tocilizumab was well-tolerated in elderly patients. Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is the second most common inflammatory rheumatic disease after rheumatoid arthritis,1 and affects older people. Despite ...

Medically reviewed by Marissa Sansone, MD Part of diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) involves ruling out other conditions ...

Objective: To develop a composite score for measurement of disease activity in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and assess its internal and external validity. Methods: A PMR activity score (AS) was ...

Question: I’ve been diagnosed with polymyalgia. What is the distinction between polymyalgia and fibromyalgia? What is the treatment for polymyalgia? Answer: I can certainly understand the confusion ...

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR ... that are not influenced by the intrinsic effect of the treatment are therefore needed. Trials in rheumatoid arthritis, Still’s disease or giant cell arteritis treated ...

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common inflammatory condition affecting elderly people and involving the girdles. [1] The mainstay of treatment is oral glucocorticoids (GC), with the recent BSR ...

Polymyalgia rheumatica ... neck and hips – overlap with several other disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia, which can make diagnosis challenging. "In rheumatology, we ...

Muscle pain is a main symptom in some types of arthritis-related diseases, such as fibromyalgia, myositis and polymyalgia rheumatica. Your muscles may also ache if they are weakened due to lack of use ...

The latest DWP data confirmed that there are now 3.6m people in Britain claiming PIP, which is worth up to £737 every month ...