Jwarrior77
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Do Corticosteroids or Glucocorticoids help your symptoms? I'm talking about hydrocortisone, Prednisone, Cortisone, Dexamethasone, Budesonide, etc. Do they help control the inflammation? Thanks.
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Do Corticosteroids or Glucocorticoids help?
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For me, prednisone gave me full remission...for a few days. It worked the second time too. I tried it twice more a couple of years later, and it had no effect on my ME. Other people here have reported similar experiences. I can't remember anyone saying that it works as a long-term treatment for ME. Nasty side effects when taken long term.
Likaloha
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I have been taking prednisone for months now for what my rheumatologist calls polymyalgia rheumatica... I also have fibromyalgia, myofascial pain syndrome, arthritis, etc.... I know the long term effects can be bad, and I think it helped a little at first, but at the 10 mg a day I felt like I was vibrating inside and was unpleasant.... I am now on 5 mg one day and 2.5 the next. I couldn't get an appointment with another rheumatologist until September and my endocrinologist wants me off the prednisone, but I don't want to try to figure out how to do this myself. Sorry to not be more help!