"Muscle Inflamation"

[BigSteel]

How many of you fellow muscle heads have taken Prednisone, for muscle soreness and inflamation, and in what doses and how often?

 

[Massive G]

prednisone is catabolic it's the last thing you want to take when trying to combat inflammation and soreness-it's wrecked many an immune system as well.

 

[Ethan James]

Cortisones or corticosteroids are the best drugs out there for reducing inflammation, but the sides are terrible. Fat retention, muscle loss, water retension, immune system degradation, and lethargy among others.

Muscle buidling is, in essence, inflammation of the muscle. If your intention is to reduce soreness from working out, I would reccommend a NSAID. Not to mention, high doses of fish oil work very well as a long term inflammation reducer.

If you, for some reason, are going to use Prednisone for something anyway, I would start dosing at 10-20mg once EOD. If that dose is not effective, move up the dose in 10mg increments. You're also going to suppress your adrenal cortex's production of cortisol with this, so you MUST taper off this drug.

 

[Moen]

Not wanting to be a prick but I'd lie if I would not say this, if you can't tolerate the pain without drugs just quit

 

[Ashop]

prednisone is catabolic it's the last thing you want to take when trying to combat inflammation and soreness-it's wrecked many an immune system as well.

I would avoid prednisone at all costs if possible.

 

[BigSteel]

Big Thanks To All Of You

Thank you guys for the advice and tid-bits. I really appreciate it. I just wondering because I had some prescrbed to me from my Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist due to my sinus flare-up, and so wonder would it be helpful as it pertains to woking out. Never the less though I'll just take my fish oils and keep hitting the weights. Thanks