ABSTRACT
Three patients (one with polymyalgia rheumatica with jaw claudication and two with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis) were initially treated using prednisone (4 0 - 6 0 mg daily). T h e response was good in all three, but each experienced exacerbation of symptoms and elevation of Westergren sedimentation rates (W S R) with dose reduction. The addition of methotrexate (7.5-12.5 mg/wk) resulted in diminished symptoms and lower W S R and proved to be steroid-sparing.
- Received January 1988.
- Accepted August 1988.
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