Make text bigger | Make text smaller
Larissa Wheeler
Can herbal medicine play a part in the treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica?
Abstract
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is an inflammatory autoimmune condition of unknown cause affecting the middle-aged and elderly population. Kumar & Clark (2005) states that diagnosis occurs almost always in patients over 50 years of age. Presentation in patients under 50 is rare (Hakim & Clunie, 2002) with the mean age of onset being 70 (Haslett et al 2002, Smeeth et al 2006). PMR is a relatively uncomplicated condition; the universal treatment within the general practice being steroidal intervention (Haslett et al, 2002).
