It's so true! I heard once that you can count on gaining roughly a pound per mg of your doseage. It's literally a lifesaving drug, but also, who needs the extra weight on painful joints?!!

Weight gain with terrible l went 165 to around 200. Doctor and I said no more lost most of it

Lynnie, 60 mg per day is a lot of prednisone!! I think I was taking a much lower dose.... maybe 5 mg a day while I was pregnant. I am glad I have prednisone on hand for flare-ups, but the weight gain (especially during pregnancy) was horrible! I went from 100 lbs to Mrs. Santa Claus. And Baby 3 weighed more than babies 1 and 2. The 5-day treatment works for me; I actually had to do it in January when I had a hip flare-up and walking was difficult. Each pill is 1-mg, so I'm taking 5 mg the first day, and weaning by 1 mg a day.... so it's a 5-day treatment. With a 5-day treatment, I don't have the weight gain to worry about. I've never tried Cymbalta. I'll be praying that you find something that works with minimum side-effects.

Also, I have recently started cymbalta as well. I'm hoping it helps. Do you find it works?

Thank you so much for letting me know that you can even build up an immunity to prednisone. I have such a love/hate relationship with that drug!
Just a word of caution...I took a lot of prescription ibuprofen and ended up with significant bleeding in my bowels and diverticular disease. Now I can't take any NSAIDS. They relieve pain really well but at a cost. Just want you to be aware...