Rheumatology

Polymyalgia rheumatica

Questions discussed in this category

What lab markers are helpful for monitoring polymyalgia rheumatica patients on tocilizumab?

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...

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Do you monitor RS3PE patients for GCA with the same vigilance that you do in PMR patients?

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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?

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Papers discussed in this category

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Brief Report: A Prospective Open-Label Phase IIa Trial of Tocilizumab in the Treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica.

Rheumatol Ther, 2021 Mar 21

Inflammatory Markers are Quickly Improved by Tocilizumab in Early Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Might Predict Early Response to Interleukin-6 Blockade.

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