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Been on prednisone 60mg for 4 days and i have awful leg/calf pain and ankle pain like i need to massage it. is this a normal side effect that will go?
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Not normal: Please go get seen those symptoms could be a blood clot, tendon rupture or similar.
Answered 2/26/2014
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