I am on 125 mg of amitriptyline, 375 mg of lyrica plus random 50mg of tramadol. It is helping with the pain for the most part but I can not function most days. The main problem being tired all the time, I have been awake for about 12hr for last 4 days. What I am looking into now is trying prednisone, I was on it a few months ago for back surgery and had no neuropathy pain at all. Can anyone tell if they have used it and what results they had, along with what levels they took.

You might ask on our Medications forum -
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum72.html

Your other posts are on the PN forum, but we also have a Chronic pain forum ( http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum10.html ) that might have more info or use the search link in my siggy for other prednisone info posts/threads.

Prednisone is a very dangerous medicine and should not be used on a regular basis. Some doctor kept giving it to my Mother for her cough and she ended up with diabetes from it. It is also not a good thing to take with anti-depressants, high blood pressure meds, or pain meds.

Hello ansky,

Prednisone is not a medication that you can or should use on a regular basis. Steroids have short term and long term serious side effects.

Steroids can cause Cataracts, Diabetes, Cushings Disease, Glaucoma, aseptic necrosis (death of bones), Mood swings ('roid' rage, irritability, anxiety), insomnia, overly tired, weight gain/puffiness, Osteoporosis, withdrawal symptoms and much more.

Depending on the reason someone might use steroids it may only be a temporary solution to an on going medical problem.

Steroids are anti-inflammatory and are used for many reasons.