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A 67-year-old woman presents with a 2-month history of right-sided temporal headache, scalp tenderness, and jaw claudication. She also reports some visual disturbances described as 'like a curtain coming down' over her right eye transiently yesterday. Her ESR is 85 mm/hr. What is the most appropriate immediate management while awaiting further investigations?

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