The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved sarilumab (Kevzara) today for the treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) in adults who have had an inadequate response to corticosteroids or could ...

For patients with polymyalgia rheumatica with relapse during tapering of glucocorticoid therapy, treatment with sarilumab, the human monoclonal antibody that binds to the interleukin-6 receptor α, is ...

This article was originally published by HCPLive. In patients with polymyalgia rheumatica who relapsed while tapering prednisone, those receiving sarilumab were significantly more likely to achieve ...

Corticosteroids are the first-line treatment for the inflammatory condition polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), working rapidly and effectively at easing symptoms like morning stiffness, muscle and joint ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “If providers treating PMR are having difficulty tapering people off steroids without concomitant ...

Credit: Shutterstock. Patients in the sarilumab vs placebo group achieved sustained remission of polymyalgia rheumatica at higher rates. Sarilumab demonstrates significant efficacy and is safe in the ...

Dear Doctor: I am a 77-year-old man who used to exercise regularly. I was diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica a couple of years ago. Sometimes I feel like it is going to disappear, and other times ...

Background: the mainstay of treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is oral glucocorticoids, but randomized controlled trials of treatment are lacking. As a result, there is no evidence from ...

Polymyalgia rheumatica is widely acknowledged as the most common form of inflammatory rheumatic disease in the elderly. Two recent studies by Hernandez-Rodriguez et al. and Dasgupta et al. attempt to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has approved sarilumab for the treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica in adults who have experienced an ...

Dear Doctor: I am a 77-year-old man who used to exercise regularly. I was diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica a couple of years ago. Sometimes I feel like it is going to disappear, and other times ...