All interesting....I cannot tolerate prednisone so doc told me to take tylenol which does about nothing. So I will go for a big Ibuprophen and it seems to work best for me. Brings the pain down to a tolerable 4 or so. Has anyone tried medical marijuana for the pain? Please let me know results if you have. Will advise my doc when I see him this week if he can't come up with something for me and the pain, I'll try about anything. take care, Ira