AKT-2073

A 50-year-old woman complains of a sensation of a shadow obstructing a portion of her left eye. She has been experiencing occasional headaches on the same side and reports discomfort in her jaw while eating. Palpation of her temporal artery elicits tenderness. Laboratory results show an erythrocyte sedimentation rate of 58mm/hr.

What would be the best course of action for this patient?