This page contains recent news articles, when available, and an overview of but does not offer medical advice. You should contact your physician with regard to any health issues or concerns. Background information on Home blood sugar machines not precision instruments  -  Feb 27, 2008 Orillia Packet & Times,DONOHUE: I have polymyalgia rheumatica. Will it ever go away? It has caused me to give up golf. What do you suggest? I am currently taking prednisone. CRMC lands rheumatology specialist  -  Mar 13, 2008 Cookeville Herald Citizen,Some of those disorders include rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, gout and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica). Vasculitis support group to meet at Mayo Clinic  -  Feb 19, 2008 AZ Central.com,Microscopic Polyanghtis, Polyanteritis Nodosa, Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Rheumatoid Vasculitis, Takayasu's Arteritis and Wegener's Granulomatosis. Sandeep Varma: Know the signs of polymalgia rheumatica  -  Jan 23, 2008 Utica Observer Dispatch,By Sandeep Varma If you develop aching and stiffness around the upper arms, neck, lower back and thighs, the cause might be polymyalgia rheumatica, Popular osteo med can beget severe pain  -  Feb 8, 2008 National Review of Medicine,..."If it doesn't settle down, it was something else and the patient needs a reassessment for musculoskeletal problems, polymyalgia, rheumatica or fibromyalgia Joint Pain Causes and Treatment – Prevent Muscle Pain  -  Feb 6, 2008 American Chronicle,Thirdly, polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and temporal arteritis (TA) also affects the joints. The former affects the larger joints of the body like those in Nitec's Phase III Results with Lodotra in RA Published in Current ...  -  Jan 23, 2008 PharmaLive.com (press release),This could include diseases such as polymyalgia rheumatica or asthma." Lodotra(tm) successfully completed Phase III development in Europe in 2006. Sick of being unfit – so we saw the doc and got the exercise bug  -  Jan 23, 2008 Worcester News,She has suffered from polymyalgia rheumatica - which causes pains, stiffness and tenderness in large muscles - for the last two years and the steroids she Update: An 81-Year-Old Woman With Temporal Arteritis  -  Dec 4, 2007 Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),...frozen shoulders, and when I got the temporal arteritis, my doctor told me it was polymyalgia rheumatica that was a precursor to my temporal arteritis. polymyalgia strikes many women after age 50  -  Oct 28, 2007 Chattanooganow (subscription),...dear dr. donohue: i had pretty bad polymyalgia rheumatica in early 2005. i was on daily prednisone for seven months and gained about 40 pounds on a was taking prednisone right choice?  -  Nov 14, 2007 GoErie.com,...qi was diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica three months ago. is this a rare form of arthritis? no one i talk to has heard of it. my doctor states it can glaxosmithkline obtains exclusive us otc marketing rights to ...  -  Nov 26, 2007 金èž?ç•Œ,...lupus erythematous-like syndrome, polymyalgia rheumatica, dermatomyositis, vasculitis, purpura, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, hemolytic anemia, doctor says wegener's granulomatosis is difficult to diagnose ...  -  Nov 2, 2007 Journal Gazette and Times-Courier,...henoch-schönlein purpura, hypersensitivity vasculitis, kawasaki disease, microscopic polyangiitis, polyarteritis nodosa, polymyalgia rheumatica, Dr Thomas Stuttaford answers your questions on arthritis and ...  -  Oct 10, 2007 Times Online,Name and address withheld A: Polymyalgia rheumatica is essentially an arteritis that usually affects the muscles of the shoulder girdle and, slightly less Impact of Acute and Chronic Low-Dose Glucocorticoids on Protein ...  -  Oct 12, 2007 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism,Twelve subjects with inactive polymyalgia rheumatica receiving chronic (>12 months) prednisone (mean = 5.0 ± 0.8 mg/d) were compared with 12 age- and Dr Sarah: Can you explain what has caused my polymyalgia rheumatica?  -  Aug 19, 2007 Sunday Life,By Sarah Brewer I'VE just been diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica and have to take steroids and painkillers. Can you explain the cause? Arthralgia Disease  -  Sep 4, 2007 SpiritIndia,Rheumatic fever and Reiter's syndrome are common in young; fibromyalgia in middle age; and OA and polymyalgia rheumatica in old age. 'Beyond Praying for Death': A PA Battles Constant Pain  -  Aug 30, 2007 ADVANCE for Physician Assistants,Concerned about polymyalgia rheumatica and worse, I returned to the urgent care center two months after my first zoster lesions. There’s no stopping Phyllis  -  Aug 2, 2007 Croydon Guardian,She suffers from polymyalgia rheumatica, a painful muscle condition, and giant cell arteritis, the inflammation of the arteries which causes impaired vision Multidimensional Approach Recommended for Fibromyalgia Treatment  -  Jul 26, 2007 Medscape (subscription)...chronic fatigue syndrome, hypothyroidism, metabolic and inflammatory myopathies (especially in patients taking statins), and polymyalgia rheumatica. Jan de Vries: I need some help on a natural level  -  Jun 18, 2007 Belfast Telegraph,Last December I was diagnosed with Polymyalgia Rheumatica and given a course of Prednisolone. Although they do work, I get dreadful side effects from them. Your health questions answered  -  Jul 3, 2007 Independent,For nearly seven months I've been on steroid tablets to control my polymyalgia rheumatica. I've just discovered that if you take them for too long, Halifax marathoner wins in painful farewell to Miles marathon  -  Jun 20, 2007 ChronicleHerald.ca,She received a diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica last Thursday and only intense steroid treatments in the three days prior to the race allowed her enough Medical Marijuana Medical Conditions  -  Jul 3, 2007 Salem-News.Com,Bechets syndrome, polymyalgia rheumatica, optic neuritis, Lou Gehrigs disease, Parkinsons, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, senile dementia, sleep apnea, Artery swelling causes blindness  -  Jun 19, 2007 DetNews.com,Temporal arteritis is often seen in conjunction with polymyalgia rheumatica, an illness with painful stiffness of the neck, shoulder and hip muscles. Persistent pain signal serious blood vessel condition  -  Apr 19, 2007 49abcnews.com,PMR or polymyalgia rheumatica, in inflammation of the blood vessels, is an affliction sometimes misdiagnosed as arthritis. Administrator Announced Until Bishop Named  -  Apr 12, 2007 KCCI.com,He has polymyalgia rheumatica, or PMR, which is an inflammatory disorder that causes pain and stiffness in the muscles and joints. Des Moines Bishop Charron retires due to health reasons  -  Apr 10, 2007 Marshalltown Times Republican,He was diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica, which is characterized by pain and stiffness in the shoulders, neck, upper arms, lower back, thighs and hips. Nitec closes $26M second-round funding  -  Apr 3, 2007 Science Business (subscription),The compound is also relevant to treating polymyalgia rheumatica, asthma and other inflammatory diseases. Nitec was originally founded in 2004 in a spin-out Rx for Readers  -  Apr 12, 2007 Jerusalem Post,They include polymyalgia rheumatica, which causes widespread, moderate to severe joint stiffness and muscle aching that often involves the neck, Revered DM bishop retires following illness  -  Apr 11, 2007 DesMoinesRegister.com,In a Tuesday press conference, Charron described the disabling condition he suffers, polymyalgia rheumatica, as "an up and down thing. Charron: I'm not going away  -  Apr 10, 2007 DesMoinesRegister.com,In a press conference, Charron described the condition, polymyalgia rheumatica, as “an up and down thing. On one day I feel reasonably well, and on another Nitec Pharma AG closes$ 26 million dollars Series B  -  Mar 30, 2007 American Venture Magazine (press release),Lodotraâ„¢ has just successfully completed Phase III trials and will also be developed to treat other indications such as Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR), Denenberg: Answering Questions On Avoiding Phthalates, Shrimp's ...  -  28 Feb 2007 Evening Bulletin,The more common forms are osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, system lupus erythematosus, polymyalgia rheumatica, ankylosing spondylitis, Dismissing symptoms as 'old age'is a mistake  -  Feb 2, 2007 The Australian,One of the more likely diagnoses is a condition known as polymyalgia rheumatica. Although more common in women than in men, polymyalgia rheumatica Nitec Pharma Signs German Marketing Rights for Lodotra to Merck ...  -  Feb 14, 2007 PharmaLive.com (press release),...modified release technology to develop treatments for other indications such as Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR), Asthma and other inflammatory diseases. Reader says three cheers for prednisone  -  Jan 2, 2007 The Spokesman Review,I must, however, take issue with your advice to patients with polymyalgia rheumatica – specifically, your advice against the use of prednisone. 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