Is anyone else taking prednisolone for ITP? I've been on 60mg for a month now and my doctor wants to start reducing my dosage, even though my platelts are still at 87k. Has anyone had a similar experience?
View 2 RepliesI'm not sure if it's related, I'm on prednisolone - gradually reducing from 40mg per day, now on 30 and reducing by 5mg every week. However in the last few days I get very sore legs when walking relatively short distances - mainly in my shins then spreading up my legs. Feels like cramp. It dies down quite quickly but as soon as I walk any sort of distance the pain comes back - has anyone else had this?
View 1 RepliesI have asthma usually managed with symbicort inhaler and ventolin reliever. I get intermittent chest infections and consequently I have been taking prednisolone occasionally for 5 years now - 2 or 3 times a year along with antibiotics when I feel I can no longer function at all normally and have to resort to going to the doctor's. I take 30mg a day for 5 days and they work very well. I am concerned reading other experiences of taking prednisolone and the horrendous sounding side effects. I have always known these drugs are not "good" for you but they have provided me with such effective and fast relief that I have continued to resort to them, albeit occasionally. I have no severe side effects - some interrupted sleep, heartburn etc. Can anyone tell me if, at the levels I am taking them, whether I am likely to suffer the side effects other people speak of - e.g. weight gain/redistribution, moon face, osteoporosis etc? Also whether the side effects go away and how long they last once you have stopped taking the pred?
View 4 RepliesI have been taking Prednisolone now for 6 weeks now for Fibromyalgia and i have been fine with every thing, but there is one problem i have been having and that is sweating very badly iys like my whole body is like a tap it happens as soon as i get warm or when i am doing housework or even walking the dog.
View 3 RepliesNow my husband has been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and is taking steroids. The pain in his legs is eased but he sweats all night. I have sent for
Dripose which is for fatigue. He is still taking bp pills but not statins. He is diabetic.
Can I stop taking Prednisolone without tapering
I have been taking 20mg per day for six days for gout but I'm experiencing bad side effects, headaches and very blurred vision.
I took Co Amoxiclav + Prednisolone for 6 days to treat a wheeze I had in my chest. After the second day I had to call the doctor as the tablets made my stomach feel so queasy, he prescribed some anti sickness tablet which I took alongside the Co Amoxiclav & Prednisolone, they made little difference to be quite honest. Throughout the past 6 days I have felt disorientated, confused, aggressive, highly emotional, suffered reflux, palpitations, been unable to sleep and feel thoroughly miserable! I stopped taking them after 6 days of a 10 day course.Thankfully my chest has cleared however I now feel as though my whole body is hypersensitive to my environment!
View 1 Repliesi have been prescribed Prednisolone a short course of prednisolone in order to wean me off the tablets i take for migraines. What i do not know is if the steroids will work in getting rid of migraines while i am taking them. Has anyone been prescribed steroids for this condition. Help please.
View 1 RepliesI have been provisionally diagnosed with Crohns and have been on Prednisolone for 3 weeks, starting off with 40 mg a day and reducing weekly by 5 mg.
I am having terrible headaches and no releif from the abdominal pain.No other symptoms yet.Can I expect some improvement as time goes on in your experiences ?
I am affected by red eye for almost two years and used 3 to 4 steroids prescribed by doctors( But then I was not aware of the rebound effects it can cause ) and one of this steroids (Fluorometholone and Tetrahydrozoline HCl) has really caused some damage in my right eye. On 23rd June I had color Fundus Photography on both eyes And luckily the test shown that it is not rebound effect which I am suffering from. And after some trial and error I have found that it is nothing but Cigarette smoke which is causing all those problems. That is I am an eye allergy patient.
now my medicines are Alcaftadine 0.25% and systane.
How much they can help me to get rid of this allergic problem?
"In fact I would like to know if eye allergy is curable?
And I have heard that by injecting the allergen agent into the eyes starting with a low amount and gradually increasing the amount immunity can be achieved. Is it a option for me to Inject tobacco in this way, while tobacco is poisonous. If no, than what are the alternative treatments. Do not advice to give up smoking. I am not being arrogant here I know it shall be impossible for me.
I am getting desperate I got bells palsy during my pregnancy i was not allowed to take the steroids because i was told it might harm the baby so they said just to wait it out and after i give birth it should fix its self well it hasn't. I tried physiotherapy, acupuncture I'm taking complex vitamin b tablets. Nothing is working im starting to feel really depressed at the possibility that i will never be able to smile again or look normal. I didn't take any photos with my son during his birth and he is now 8 months and i don't have many photos with him i don't want to be remembered as a monster.
Everyone always says oh i cant tell, you look fine , don't worry about it but its hard to believe them when they aren't the ones suffering.
I cant afford to spend 120 a week on acupuncture so i'm thinking i have to stop i have been doing it for 2 months.
I have been a regular migraine sufferer for 34 years, averaging about one per week. I've been on prednisolone 15mg for a few weeks now for PMR, and not the slightest hint of a migraine. Could it be down to the steroids? I'm not happy about taking them, but maybe every cloud does have a silver lining!
View 10 Repliesi have been taking 5mg per day of prednisolone not a high dose but i have been feeling so hot and not to good since taking it also i seem to ache all over i have been tempted now to stop taking them but on such a low dose do i have to be weaned off them i started taking them last september and i i still need to take painkillers for my joints thanks for reading.
View 3 RepliesI have been diagnosed with PLE - Polymorphic Light Eruption - which for those of you who don't know - causes a severe allergic skin reaction in sunshine. I am having 5 weeks of desensitizing treatment which I also had last year prior to my holiday. It involves going to hospital 3 times a week for 5 weeks and standing in a capsule which delivers measured amounts of UVB light and this is increased over the treatment period. Last year I had the light treatment and got some symptoms after about 3 or 4 weeks and then when I went on holiday I took 20mg of prednisolone for the week I was away - and didn't get any of the horrible symptoms of PLE which was brilliant. My Dermatologist has therefore suggested that this year I start the prednisolone at the start of the treatment (today) and continue it throughout the treatment period. I am a bit concerned that I am going to be on 20mg for 5 weeks and the week of my holiday also. Am I likely to put on lots of weight and experience mood swings...or is my treatment period not long enough.?
If anyone can help I would appreciate your thoughts. I have asked the nurse at the hospital to ask the consultant whether the dosage should be reduced as the weeks go on.
I have been taking prednisolone since August following a severe UC flare up (my first!!) which landed me in hospital for a week. I was on a slowish taper (starting on 40 mg per day and reducing by 5mg every fortnight). I am due to take my last 5mg tablet tomorrow (I am also on 8×pentasa a day at the moment) and am worried about withdrawal/side effects. Anyone experienced any from gradually stopping the steroids?
View 2 RepliesCan anyone tell me if its ok to drink alcohol while taking PREDNISOLONE.
I like a beer at the weekend or to share a bottle of wine, but, can't find any thing in the Prednisolone paperwork that suggests not drinking.
I was told to take 40 mg Prednisolone for a week to help with my vasculitis. I have not seen a rheumatologist and don't know when I will see him. My GP gave me Prednisolone. However, he only gave it to me for a week and then what? I read the leaflet enclosed in the pack and it says not to stop taking medication suddenly, so will it cause any problems to just stop taking it after a week? My GP is absolutely useless, he doesn't care and when I start asking questions, he says he's running late and I have to leave. I am worried to just take it for a week, not knowing if it will cause me any problems. Also I am worried about the moon face, can it happen after a week of taking the medication?
View 22 RepliesI have GCA/PMR. My sister in law has PMR. But I notice that her pred tablets are Red and mine are white? Is there any difference?
Also is it OK to have the odd glass of wine when on Pred?
I am 28 years old male, and am worried over fertility. For the last 10 years I smoked two boxes a day, consumed alcohol, and in some periods I even used the steroids. I finally ended with all those things, and I changed my life style. However, I don’t know if it’s too late now, and are my chances to be a father destroyed forever.
View 1 RepliesHas anyone had facet joint injections c2, c3, or know how many years is safe to keeping burning the nerves? Or weak muscle and occipital pain to where to skull is out of place and you have to snap it back into place with swelling and pain. Or know anything about cervicalgia? Or steroids in the facet joints in the occipital, c1 joints? When does steroids injection start to soften the bones?
View 2 RepliesCan anybody tell me what the unpleasant side effects I can expect from use of pred steroid medication?
Am down to 11 mg a day and am so concerned have been taking for two months and can't see how I could be free of them altogether.