Advanced search
Publication Cover
International Journal of General Medicine Volume 14, 2021 - Issue
Submit an article Journal homepage
106
Views
3
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Research

Withdrawal of Glucocorticoid Therapy is Difficult in Women with Polymyalgia Rheumatica: An Observational Study

Dai Aoki1 Department of Emergency and General Medicine, Ikeda City Hospital, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan;2 Fukuchiyama City Hospital Ooe-Branch, Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Nobuyuki Kajiwara3 Department of Nephrology, Ikeda City Hospital, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan;4 Toyono Town National Health Insurance Clinic, Toyono, Osaka, JapanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7017-4354
ORCID Icon,
Keiko Irishio5 Department of Clinical Research, Ikeda City Hospital, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
,
Yasuhiro Kato6 Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, JapanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4050-2350
ORCID Icon,
Shinya Suezaki1 Department of Emergency and General Medicine, Ikeda City Hospital, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
,
Misaki Kageyama1 Department of Emergency and General Medicine, Ikeda City Hospital, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
,
Masahiro Misago1 Department of Emergency and General Medicine, Ikeda City Hospital, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
,
Daisuke Tamai7 Tamai Medical Clinic, Hannan, Osaka, Japan
,
Shinichiro Nakao1 Department of Emergency and General Medicine, Ikeda City Hospital, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
,
Takato Ueoka1 Department of Emergency and General Medicine, Ikeda City Hospital, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
,
Mototoshi Ito1 Department of Emergency and General Medicine, Ikeda City Hospital, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
&
Shinichiro Murakami1 Department of Emergency and General Medicine, Ikeda City Hospital, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan;4 Toyono Town National Health Insurance Clinic, Toyono, Osaka, Japan
 show all
Pages 6417-6422 | Published online: 05 Oct 2021

References

  • Mimori A. Polymyalgia rheumatica/PMR & remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema/RS3PE (in Japanese). In: Mimori A. Physician’s Notes on Rheumatology: The Process of Clinical Consideration. 4th ed. Tokyo, Japan: Japan medical journal; 2019:413–426.
  • Partington RJ, Muller S, Helliwell T, Mallen CD, Sultan AA. Incidence, prevalence and treatment burden of polymyalgia rheumatica in the UK over two decades: a population-based study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018;77(12):1750–1756. doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213883
  • Gonzalez-Gay MA, Vazquez-Rodriguez TR, Lopez-Diaz MJ, et al. Epidemiology of giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica. Arthritis Care Res. 2009;61(10):1454–1461. doi:10.1002/art.24459
  • Nishioka K, Tanaka T. [Rheumatology: Progress in diagnosis and treatments. topics: III. Rheumatoid arthritis and allied conditions; 2. Allied conditions. 2) polymyalgia rheumatica]. Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi. 2014;103(10):2440–2448. Japanese. doi:10.2169/naika.103.2440
  • Hernández-Rodríguez J, Cid MC, López-Soto A, Espigol-Frigolé G, Bosch X. Treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica: a systematic review. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(20):1839–1850. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2009.352
  • Muratore F, Pipitone N, Hunder GG, Salvarani C. Discontinuation of therapies in polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2013;31(4 Suppl 78):S86–S92.
  • Docken WP. Treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica [homepage on the Internet]. Wolters Kluwer; 2018 [ Updated September 7, 2018]. Available from: https://www.uptodate.com/. Accessed February 21, 2020.
  • Bird H, Esselinckx W, Dixon AS, Mowat A, Wood P. An evaluation of criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica. Ann Rheum Dis. 1979;38(5):434–439. doi:10.1136/ard.38.5.434
  • Dasgupta B, Cimmino MA, Kremers HM, et al. 2012 provisional classification criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica: a European league against rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology collaborative initiative. Arthritis Rheum. 2012;64(4):943–954. doi:10.1002/art.34356
  • Arnett FC, Edworthy SM, Bloch DA, et al. The American Rheumatism Association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatism. 1988;31(3):315–324. doi:10.1002/art.1780310302
  • Dougados M, Linden SVD, Juhlin R, et al. The European Spondylarthropathy Study Group preliminary criteria for the classification of spondylarthropathy. Arthritis Rheumatism. 1991;34(10):1218–1227. doi:10.1002/art.1780341003
  • Aoki A, Kobayashi H, Yamaguchi Y. Predictors of long-term therapy with glucocorticoid in polymyalgia rheumatica. Modern Rheumatol. 2020;31(2):417–426. doi:10.1080/14397595.2020.1777680
  • Narváez J, Nolla-Solé JM, Valverde-García J, Roig-Escofet D. Sex differences in temporal arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica. J Rheumatol. 2002;29(2):321–325.
  • Cimmino MA, Parodi M, Caporali R, Montecucco C. Is the course of steroid‐treated polymyalgia rheumatica more severe in women? Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006;1069(1):315–321. doi:10.1196/annals.1351.030
  • Trigunaite A, Dimo J, Jørgensen TN. Suppressive effects of androgens on the immune system. Cell Immunol. 2015;294(2):87–94. doi:10.1016/j.cellimm.2015.02.004
  • Moulton VR. Sex hormones in acquired immunity and autoimmune disease. Front Immunol. 2018;9:2279. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2018.02279
  • Shbeeb I, Challah D, Raheel S, Crowson CS, Matteson EL. Comparable rates of glucocorticoid-associated adverse events in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica and comorbidities in the general population. Arthritis Care Res. 2018;70(4):643–647. doi:10.1002/acr.23320
  • Ikeda City Office [homepage on the Internet]. Populations in Ikeda city by age and sex (in Japanese); April 2, 2020. Available from: http://www.city.ikeda.osaka.jp/material/files/group/4/020331_nenreibetu.pdf. Accessed July 25, 2020.
  • Cantini F, Salvarani C, Olivieri I, et al. Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting oedema (RS3PE) syndrome: a prospective follow up and magnetic resonance imaging study. Ann Rheum Dis. 1999;58(4):230–236. doi:10.1136/ard.58.4.230
  • Origuchi T, Arima K, Umeda M, et al. Clinical outcomes in the first year of remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE) syndrome. Modern Rheumatol. 2017;27(1):150–154. doi:10.1080/14397595.2016.1192744

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.