A member asked:

Why is that i am diagnosed with fibromyalgia and the medicine i take don't help much but when i was gave a prednisone pac i felt relieved?

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Dr. Bahman Omrani answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Prednisone and FM: Due to its ability to tackle multiple pain and inflammatory pathways, Prednisone and like medications can alleviate most pains, at least in the short-term. In certain conditions, they are the most important form of treatment. However, adverse side effects limits their use in conditions such as fibromyalgia which we believe is not due to a classic inflammatory disease process.

Answered 6/30/2014

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Get 2nd opinion: Fibromyalgia does not usually respond to Prednisone although I have seen very rarely patient that do. Get a 2nd opinion.

Answered 11/28/2017

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