steroids and adrenal weakness

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I have taken a lot of steroids (4 medrol dose paks and a couple of the

shots) this year for my arthritis because I don't have a

rheumatologist and don't know what else to ask for when it flares so

bad that I can't move otherwise. I know this can't be good for my

adrenal glands, so what can I do to make them stronger?

 

I keep thinking that if I can keep the inflammation under some sort of

control, then the arthritis might not progress as fast but it doesn't

seem to be working too well. My elbow is partway dislocated right now

and I didn't do anything to it, it is from the arthritis. I am not

sure whether to leave it alone or ask the doctor to help when I go

tomorrow. She hasn't been much help otherwise, except to recommend

flaxseed in place of the 3 cholesterol meds the cardiologist put me

on. I do feel better without them, so that was good.

Darla