kops2da said...
Well, I was on prednisone for 5.5 months including tapering - last four weeks were 10 mg. 5 mg. and then 10 every other day and 5 everyother day until finished. Highest was 40 mg. one weekand 30 second week and then 20 mg. for several weeks.
one time last year, i drove a car for seven hours from state to state for a vacation, but i was on prednisone at the time. i was actually overexerting my muscles by driving for so long, but the prednisone masked the pain so that i didn't feel the effects. however, when i had finally cycled off of the prednisone weeks later, the muscle pain manifested very severely, albeit weeks delayed. it took months to go away.
often, when we take prednisone, we inadvertantly damage the body without knowing it. the pain may not manifest for weeks or months later when we finally cycle down from the drug.