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Autoimmune diseases happen when the body's natural defense mechanisms attack normal healthy cells. Polymyalgia rheumatica--or PMR-- is a rare autoimmune disease most often found in older women of ...

Findings showed secukinumab demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful sustained remission at week 52 vs placebo. Topline data were announced from a phase 3 trial evaluating ...

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 ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was recently diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica after weeks of intense muscle pain. I’m a 67-year-old female in otherwise good health. My doctor prescribed prednisone, which ...

More than half of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica have a relapse during tapering of glucocorticoid therapy. Previous studies have suggested that interleukin-6 blockade may be clinically useful in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients were more likely to achieve sustained remission with sarilumab vs. placebo. The most common adverse ...

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is an inflammatory disease often misdiagnosed as certain cancers, among other diseases. Researchers have recently made progress to better diagnose PMR using a standard ...

March 12, 2012 — Diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) has started to move from the realm of clinical intuition toward a more objective approach, after the release of provisional classification ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I think my 75-year-old husband has polymyalgia rheumatica, and I understand it has no definitive cause. He gets severe unbearable pain alternating between his neck and hips every few ...

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I think my 75-year-old husband has polymyalgia rheumatica, and I understand it has no definitive cause. He gets severe unbearable pain alternating between his neck and hips every few ...