Feel better on Prednisone?
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Jan 2012
Summary
Using an occasional Medrol steroid dosepak only during acute sensitivity episodes, this poster reports sensitivities became manageable, with benefit reportedly lasting "several weeks" per course. He notes his doctor attributed the effect to "just the euphoria induced by the steroids" rather than disease-specific action, a skeptical framing he doesn't fully dispute.
What they credit
Credits Other prescription drugs, Corticosteroid pulses.
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