PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mahmood, Salman Bin
AU  - Nelson, Elizabeth
AU  - Padniewski, Jessica
AU  - Nasr, Rawad
TI  - Polymyalgia rheumatica: An updated review
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.87a.20008
DP  - 2020 Sep 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 549--556
VI  - 87
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/87/9/549.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/87/9/549.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2020 Sep 01; 87
AB  - Polymyalgia rheumatica should be suspected in older patients with bilateral shoulder and hip stiffness that is worse in the morning and improves with use. An array of nonspecific musculoskeletal complaints, constitutional symptoms, and elevated serum inflammatory markers may be present, so other conditions should also be considered. Prolonged glucocorticoids with patient-tailored dosing and duration are the mainstay of treatment. Corticosteroid-sparing therapy with adjunctive methotrexate may benefit select patients.