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@jabrown0407 The doctor who treated me (African) said my prednisone reaction confirmed the diagnosis. I think he meant the swelling and significant improvement in 4 hours would only happen with PMR. Not too sure of anything here, just happy it worked.
I think perhaps some diagnoses in the USA today are billing code influenced or determined. Maybe even some choices of treatment? Is the prednisone injection more dangerous than the pills?
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@tatiana987 Prednisone injections are localized prednisone to a specific area, with a little of the injection becoming systemic. That said it means that the majority of the prednisone stays in the area of the injection to help with the inflammation there. It also means the area of the injection is also more susceptible to the side effects. Oral steroids are systemic and as such spread out across your body exposing all of it to a lower level assuming the dosage is not excessive.
There is no way to say that the injection is more dangerous than the oral forms without knowing a great deal more about the actual drugs, the doses, the timeline and the condition of the individual person when they started the steroids.