Re: New to the Group!- Cramps and Prednisone

[Guest guest]

I've been getting cramps shortly after I started taking Prednisone. If I

walked too much, I'd have spasms and cramps in my calves, and went to the

doctor about it. She said that the Prednisone was causing the cramps and I

should go off it for a week, then start again. That worked then for my

calves, and now I can tell just before the cramps start in almost all of my

muscles and can stop before it turns into an actual cramp. None of my

doctors checked my potassium levels or even mentioned it, so I don't know if

it's a real concern or not. The ones I can't tell beforehand are the finger

and forearm cramps. Now they are the ones that hurt!

Dennis in Eastexas

" It's not Rocket Surgery "

Re: [ ] New to the Group!

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>> My question is>> does anyone else experience

>> these extremely painful muscle spasms?>>>>

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> Also, if I exercise I get them.....

> Pris