gout, acute
"My primary care doctor prescribed indomethacin and I couldn't tolerate it because, among other things, it made me itch badly and my ears rang a lot.  I told my podiatrist and he suggested methprednisolone because I only have to take it for 6 days per episode and likely, it would not make me itch or cause ear ringing.  Well, he was RIGHT.  The morning after my FIRST DOSE, I felt relief.  The pain had substantially decreased and I was walking normally again.  After 2 days, the pain was GONE.  I still finished the dose as instructed though.  I didn't have another episode for 6 months and after my first dose during the 2nd, my pain was gone.  This is a great drug and not having to take it every day when I take so many other meds is a God-send."