This a link to the recommendations for the management of PMR which were issued in 2015.
And this is a link to the GCA Guidelines from 2020:
academic.oup.com/rheumatolo...
which will also be relevant to a PMR diagnosis.
The NICE PMR management advice for Drs.
cks.nice.org.uk/polymyalgia...
This is a link to the easier to read GCA Guidelines
So, according to NICE, I should have been referred to a "specialist" after two years on corticosteroids!,
I always said that you, and this forum, must have saved the NHS thousands of pounds.
Not really that impressed by what they say.
Thank you for posting it.
Paddy
I picked up the slack and went in 8months 💪
Just been reading it all. Quite a lot to take in and understand.
HCQ versus Cs for PMR
Polymyalgia rheumatica: observations of disease evolution without corticosteroid treatment
Growing Old Gracefully... Or Not!
Steroids Don't Suppress All The Inflammation in GCA
Thank you.