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What is your approach to patients with PMR on steroids over a prolonged initial course who start to experience weakness concerning for steroid myopathy?

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Rheumatology · Berkshire Health Systems
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One of two approaches, similar to the case in inflammatory myopathy: either increase steroid dose (pain/weakness increase argues for steroid myopathy; decrease means there is need for higher dose/longer taper) or decrease steroid dose (increase in symptoms means there is need for more/longer steroid...

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