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Taking Prednisone For Lupus. Pain In Hands And Neck. Treatment?

My husband has lupus and has been taking 24-30 mgs of prednisone for a couple of weeks noe and has just started getting severe pain in what seems to be vains in his hands and his neck. Is there something that can be done for this and is there anything to worry about with it or is this possibly just an unfortunate side effect of prednisone?
Mon, 4 Nov 2013
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Dear Madam,

It ca n be a sign of steroid induced myopathy . Kindly get his routine blood investigations plus I would like to know his CPK levels at the earliest . If possible please let me know the previous CPK levels.

Dr. Shruti
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Taking Prednisone For Lupus. Pain In Hands And Neck. Treatment?

Dear Madam, It ca n be a sign of steroid induced myopathy . Kindly get his routine blood investigations plus I would like to know his CPK levels at the earliest . If possible please let me know the previous CPK levels. Dr. Shruti