Northerngal is absolutely right...your GP can Rx the Prednisone. When I mentioned specialist, I was meaning if you were to take long term...so specialist would know what to look for in regards to monitoring damage and other side-effects.

But for initial trial to see if your neuropathy is inflammatory by all means, your GP can do the 5-7 day course. It is super inexpensive and very low risk of problems (with just a short term course). You would at least know one way or the other whether your neuropathy is inflammation based. If it is, then you can see specialist to discuss and assess whether long term (and what dose) is appropriate.

What did your neuro say today? I don't understand why he hasn't considered short course of steroids to check for inflammatory based neuropathy.