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Dr. prescribed a 14 day course of prednisone for a diagnosed pinched nerve in arm. does this just treat symptoms or address cause? will pain return?

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Oral Pred: This is considered useless by most evidence reviewed papers. If it went away, nature did it and it can easily reoccur.

Answered 10/18/2020

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