how soon can one see benefits of taking 60 mg of prenisone to reduce
inflamatory process--What are side effects one can expect?

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 20 Apr 2004 19:16 PDT

How often is this dosage being taken? Once a day?

Precisely what kind of inflammatory process is being treated?

What are the weight, age, and sex of the patient?

The more you can tell us, the better we will be able to help you.

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Clarification of Question by bb90-ga on 21 Apr 2004 06:33 PDT

dosage is 60mg daily taken once a day before 9 am
I have nerve damage in leg --this is given to try to reduce any
inflamation may be impinging on nerve to get nerve-muscle recovery
I am 43 year old female who is 5'5'' and weigh 130 lbs.   I am very
active and have been going to physical therapy for about 1 year--nerve
damage may have occurred following follow-up surgery done last
sept--damage first noted in Jan 2004 after emg nerve conduction
testing-damage in sciatica,femoral and perinerual nerves
pt is given due to poor ankle rom and severe atrophy of leg muscles
including quad--in afo and need to use cain secondary to falling (leg
gives out)

You may find this information helpful:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a601102.html