Troutdog (Takes 24 hrs for steroids to start working)
Yes Sir, I have read the exact same info, 24 hrs. However, my own personal experience is 2-3 hours. I tore a purformis(sp) muscle in 2000, a deep in hip muscle, non repairable. Two months of nisiads and condition only worsened. In fact my immune system was making matters worse with massive inflammation. I was losing the ability to walk with my right leg. Then doc prescribed prednisone, a blast dose and the results were just short of a miracle and it worked in 2-3 hours, I could walk normal.
As Ace pointed out, the dose was lowered very carefully, over a period of a week or something like that.
In my case, the prednisone worked a miracle in such a short time. Man my torn hip muscle hurt getting more painful by the day, more inflamed by the day, a self perpetuating situation: pain lead to inflammation which lead to more pain,,,,, finally prednisone broke that cycle. A real life saver to me as the saying goes, I was not dying, just a figure of speech.
Blessings
