Treatment plan of Polymyalgia Rheumatica
• Reassurance.
• Patient education.
• Regular physician monitoring.
• Range of motion exercises, especially where muscle atrophy and/or contracture have occurred.
• Attention to GC side effects, especially osteoporosis (vitamin D and calcium supplementation and regular dual x-ray absorptiometry screening), glucose intolerance, and hyperlipidemia.
• Immunizations: flu shot, pneumovax, recombinant zoster vaccine (killed).
