Cedrick
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A 78 year old woman has had temporal headaches,blurred vision jaw claudication and aching in proximal muscles for the past 3 weeks
erythrocyte sedimentation rate is 110mm/h
which of the following drugs is the most appropriate treatment ??
a.-allopurinol
b.-aspirin
c.-capsaicin
d.-cyclosporine
e.-gold
f.-indometacin
g.-methotrexate
h.-prednisone
i.-probenecid
j.-zafirlukast
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| DrVirgo
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Temporal Arteritis?
so H. Prednisone?
Any other ideas from anyone else?
What do you think it is cedrick?
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| robin082006
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Yes H for sure, Temporal arteritis or Giant cell arteritis
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| Cedrick
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| leen
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H...
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| alexaE
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yes H
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| mjl1717
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the definitive dx is with a biopsy, but the presumptive dx is done clinically and with the non specific ESR. --if you suspect T.A. give the predisone IMMEDIATELY to prevent blindness!
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| klimt
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agree H
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| fongch
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What about cyclosporine?
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