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?