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4. Short term pain management.
Find a clinic to get steroid injections immediately. 24 hour relief for me. Most Drs don't like injections anymore. Find a clinic that will inject straight into the joint, not in the buttocks.
That is fastest relief. 2nd best option is 25mg methylprednisolone tablets. They come in 21 pill box and taken in declining numbers over several days. Don't do that take 3, 2, 2 doses for 3 days.