Yes it's corticosteroids and they can put weight on you. Not muscle weight, but more water weight. If it was the five day course given in the hospital, then it will go away. If it's the oral prednisone, then that is something that will be a little harder to deal with. Corticosteroids are catabolic.
I have ms(pp) and I have come here in an attempt to find out if anabolic steroids could help me. I have not found anything concrete yet, so I'm just backing off the idea for now.
If you have a loved one with ms, let me bring up low dose naltrexone. The doctor in New York, who has been using this to treat ms patients, feels that low natural levels of endorphins can be boosted by a dose of ldn if taken at night. The boost in endorphins will regulate the immune system, as well as, strengthen it. He claims that out of the 70 patients he has in clinic, 98% has not progressed disability wise since being on the drug. That is one thing, but every ms message board I have went to has people that are basically saying the same thing. They have not progressed since being on the drug.
You need a prescription for it. It is not fda approved for the treatment of ms. It costs like $30 a month. Well, no ones making a fortune off that so what are the odds that it will be approved or even go to clinical treal for ms. I'm trying to get my pcp to prescribe for me, but he is hesistant. Anbody interested just do a search for low dose naltrexone on the net and read everything you can find. Yahoo even has an ldn group.
As for AAS, I'm inching to try. I need someone to give me something concrete and a suggestion of what compounds to use. Testosterone can be protective against ms, but don't forget if you come off a cycle you're natural levels will be suppressed.
Sorry if this is way more than you asked for. But, this type of stuff is all I think about.
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