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Originally Posted by
Mark Rippetoe
For some reason I do not understand, lots of doctors do not hesitate a microsecond to prescribe a catabolic steroid for orthopedic inflammation -- or even, around here, a snotty nose -- when they would die and go to Hell before prescribing an anabolic steroid for an indicated situation. Maybe it's the legal status shit. I don't take prednisone unless my brain is swelling dangerously, because it has systemic effects I don't like. But I'll defer to Sully, if he has time to post.