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Any benefits to taking prednisone 5 mg for long Covid symptoms ?

Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Jun 12 9:39am | Replies (41)
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@bill77

If I may ask, this pain started for you after Covid? Did you have arthritis badly, before the Covid? 10 mg predisone is working for me now - though not the full 24 hours. I suspect 5 mg wont cut it for me. This morning I woke with really bad pains in both shoulders and knees until the prednisone and Ibuprofen kicked in an hour or so later.

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kyengler | @kyengler | Feb 10 4:51pm

I had minor osteoarthritis but nothing that stopped me from walking my dog a couple miles daily or participating in marches that were up to 8 miles of walking and I could easily do this with nothing more than a dose of Advil.
This fever knocked me out in March ‘22 and I have felt like the tendons and joints have been invaded by a kudzu or ivy taking over a tree. No amount of PT or exercise has helped at all but instead made it worse.
My doc and rheumatologist are out of ideas if the Cosentyx doesn’t work. I’ve tried splints and boots and braces and cbd and thc along with all the other drugs I mentioned. Nothing touches this except prednisone. Even with the pred, I m not back to myself but I can function modestly at this level.
I’m sorry you are dealing with this too. It really sucks!

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