Diagnostic and Treatment Dilemmas in Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Rheumatology

21/05/2024 12:00AM

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Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP Guest: William F.C. Rigby, MD Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is an inflammatory rheumatic condition that can be difficult to diagnose and treat. For instance, PMR is a diagnosis of exclusion, and it can mimic a wide variety of other conditions. And once a patient is accurately diagnosed, the standard-of-care treatment with glucocorticoids may result in toxicity for some patients. Learn more about these and other diagnostic and treatment challenges as well as other treatment options with Dr. Charles Turck and Dr. William Rigby, Professor of Medicine and of Microbiology and Immunology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. © 2024 Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. All rights reserved.MAT-US-2403256 v1.0 - P Expiration Date 04/16/2025

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