Posted by Lee M on March 16, 1999 at 21:23:26:
In Reply to: prednisone and muscle pain posted by linda k. on March 16, 1999 at 20:32:07:
Yes prednisone will cause cramps and joint pain both during and coming off of. The the worst thing is some doctors don't taper the dosage properly, this should be very gradual or you wind up with worse headaches than you started with. the taprer should look like 80 mg day / 5 days, 60 mg day / 5days, then 40 mg 5 days then 20 mg 5 days, then 10 mg 5 days, then 2.5 mg 5 days, then 2.5 mg day every other day for 5 days, then stop. Using the above schedule I have stoped many cluster episodes, in some extreem cases I had to repeat the regimine.