how to give solumedrol iv push

Does anyone how long it takes for the steroids to level off in your system and how long they stay there?

I have to do 6 months of iv steroids. 3 days every month with NO taper! I have just finished my second round...and I'm ready to through in the towel. The side affects of the steroids are at this point almost not worth doing. They are trying to prevent a relapse since I am not on any MS therapy. Anyone else going through anything similar? I can't handle the fatigue, shakes, fever, redness, pain, nightsweats, constipation, irritability, overall feeling of crap!

I think the question I was trying to convey is how do we know when it is a good situation to take steroids with MS relapses. I recall reading somewhere, that if you wait too long after the symptoms occur that the steroids won't be of much help. Also, how many of you guys are sent for an MRI when you are having a relapse and before the doctor decides whether or not to give steroids? I just want to be a better informed patient.

I hope he can get back to normal soon. The steroids are supposed to help him do just that. Please let us know how he is doing. Take good care, both of you.

I also get a really bad headache from the IV. There is a medicine they can give you (either in your IV or in pill form). I tried the IV one once and it did not do much, helped for a couple hours. The pill one my insurance needed "prior authorization" so I actually never tried it. The IV med starts with a D, but I can't remember the name...hopefully someone else knows what I mean?

She brought a huge bag full of supplies..tubing, IV bags, gloves etc..she showed me how to set up/disinfect the thing in my arm, how to clamp off the tube..It was very intimidating. I felt like I had to learn to be a nurse in 2 hours. She also said that I could remove my IV on the 3rd day..it was very easy. Well, I am completely alone when I do the treatments and also removing the IV. My hubby is in Iraq..unfortunately because he is a combat life saver and knows how to do this stuff.

It takes up to 5 days to get through the worst of it and takes another week or so to get to feeling completely normal. that is how it is for me when I am on them. But I am to the point where I don't think I will get the IVSM anymore due to the withdrawls and the infections I get after taking them. Everytime I have had them I end up sick aftewards because of the steroids knocking out your immune system.

I have been told I am going to get started on a 3 day course of IV steroids. I would like to ask those of you that have had this what they felt like during and after they had it? Did anyone have any adverse side effects? Did you feel they helped reduce the flare up?

I think these are pretty good and it gives you an idea as to just how differently it can effect from one patient to another. Hope this helps!

So today is 2nd day of solumedrol, plus about 3 other IV meds, for migranes and nausea. Tomorrow is my last day, and it will b 6 hours. As I am in the middle of the infusion, my PCP calls, and tells me my chest xray from yesterday shows pnemonia. Ok, so solumedrol with pnemonia.. I am no doc, but pretty sure that is not a good mix. I started with this chest infection about 5 days ago. Always something. I need to sleep, that might help.

My understanding is (and hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong) that IV solumedrol is of the most use within the first weeks of a relapse. In the area where I live, steroid use for relapse is waning. There is quite a bit of research showing the in most cases, the relapse length is only marginally shortened. Given the risks (blood sugar issues, bone density changes), steroids are no longer given automatically. I would consider it if I lost vision.

First of all I was surprised I thought that I would be at my relative healthiest during this time, but obviously I was wrong, Now they want me to go on a three day run of iv solumedrol treatments and I am wondering if anyone has an experience or knowledge of such issues.

Thank you all for your comments and the push that I needed. I called the doctor and went to the hospital. They have me on 5 days of Solumedrol IV 1gram each day. After today's long ordeal it will be out patient and won't be so bad. Does anyone know if that is a big dose? The doctor's made such a big deal about the dose being "huge" that I got a little paranoid until they got my neuro on the phone.

I am scheduled Monday to do an IV for three days of Solumedrol. Has anyone else done that and if so, what is your opinion. I am alittle nervous about it.

I will call my doctor MONDAY about the solumedrol! Did you take the iv at your home or hospital??? I'm so ready to have my feelings back!!

Hi Maggie, and welcome to the forum, we're all glad you found us!! This is a great place with exceptional people, I think you will love it here. I haven't had the SoluMedrol, so I can't give you an answer to your question. Many on here have, and I'm sure someone will be on to answer your question. Can you do a new post and tell us about yourself? We always like to get to know our new members and what's been going on with them to bring them here. Are you dx with MS?

These were sometimes associated with a headache. The neurologist decided to give me 1g for 5 days of solumedrol to see if the pain would go away. Mind you, I was NOT in pain at the time of the appointment. On the 5th day of the treatment, I started to get eye pain again, and developed dry eye. It has been 4 weeks and I still feel numbness and tingling on different parts of my body. Is this normal? My eyes are more painful than ever. Is this still from the Steroids?

You guys can probably guess the course of steroids, but it was three days of IV SoluMedrol, followed by a 14-day tapering off with oral prednisone, of which I'm still taking. My question is, when will my normal (or near normal) vision return?

I had a 4 day Solumedrol drip and then step down pack in February and it made me worse. All my muscles tightened up and I have more pain than I did before. Call it a major fibromyalgia attack. Even now in May, I am still as stiff and woozy as i was after the glucocorticoid therapy. Sigh. Did nothing for me that I can tell. I did sweat a lot during the treatment so maybe i lost a few toxins?

Hi Everyone I start on my IV treatment for 5 days this Thursday, with 500mg of Solumedrol, I am worried about it, can anyone tell me what side affects i may experience, and how to prepare for it, and can i go to work right after the Treatment, thanks Tyler

i have a PICC line as I have been going through a 2 mnth relapse with my MS and I finally gave in and went to the hospital....of course it is solumedrol pumping through it but its way different than when I had an IV port last year...question though; I feel so dizzy and have feelings l want to pass out at times even though I don't pass out. is it because of the PICC with solumedrol that is giving me a different experience?

ve had a horrible experience with Solumedrol as well.....Back in March I had extreme leg and groin numbness and went on IV Solumedrol for 3 days....I had a nasty reaction to it, but it DID take away the numbness and vision problems almost immediately....Well, within 48 hours anyway..... In May the left side of my head and face went numb and because I was visiting the MS Clinic at that time, I declined the Solumedrol treatment.....That numbness didn't go away for 20 days.....

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