Prednisone for breathing problems

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My father was being treated with prednisone for a lung problem. He's down to 10mgs/day. Everytime they try to taper him down, his breathing problems reoccur. Can your body become "addicted" to this drug so that you may not ever be able to come off? The tapering is very slow, 1 3/4mgs lower every other day.

I have had severe breathing problems for years and am on Prednisone often.(about 2 times a year for past 15 years or so) It works! Its not something to over use, but if sick, and your having a hard time breathing, it should help dry up sinuses and nasal drip quickly, should feel better in 2 to 3 days no problem. Make sure you take it for duration prescribed though.

The Mental Fog and confusion markedly improved. It also markedly improved my breathing problems (another year long issue that got sever after I had shoulder surgery), and it made my vertigo better. I sure wish cortisone/prednisone was something that I could take on a regular basis. As I've tapered off, I am starting to notice the effects wearing off... grrrrrrrrrrrr. My question is, what does this mean?

I hope my info helps someone out there, I'm not using the walker anymore (still weak (mostly from being sedentary) but not as weak as when on high doses of prednisone) and my breathing is becoming stable, my heart palpitations are gone. Good bye prednisone! I'm praying the tumeric and bromelain do the job, so far (2 weeks in, so good).

All the sysmptoms you describe can be related to prednisone. The skin tears, the fungal infection...these can be caused by prednisone. As for being on 60mg/day, that is actually not uncommon. Some patients are on as high as 120mg/day. So 60 mg/day I would say is the lower end of "high". It's good to hear that she is being tapered and down to 10/mg day. If there are any other symptoms and concerns you are not aware of, you should probably contact her physician or her pharmacist.

In addition to your mild sleep apnea, your secondary pulmonary hypertension may or may not be due to the rheumatoid arthritis. It is unlikely that your shortness of breath, tightness in the chest, and dry cough are related to the prednisone itself. Water retention can be a side effect of prednisone. If you have had a major increase in water retention this could cause your breathing symptoms. It is possible for rheumatoid arthritis to affect the lung and cause breathing symptoms.

Later I have upper chest infection, wheezing, and when the buildup in my chest gets bad enough, major breathing problems (especially when trying to sleep), and spasmodic coughing to the point of unconsciousness at times. I lost my job and my medical coverage and have been taking Prednisone, 15mg per day, as a stop gap.

The interviewer had to stop my presentation and asked why I seemed to struggle to breathe as I speak. It is destroying me and I know that this one problem lost me a new job.It it worse in damp or extreme hot days but always gets worse as the day goes on-afternoons and evenings. I actually thought it was a side affect of Zolpadem (ambian)sleeping tablets which I have taken every single night for five years.

From your description, the sleep apnea is a major problem in its own right and calls for the optimum application of nocturnal positive pressure breathing. If the central apnea is a significant component of your apnea, you may require BIPAP. You should be evaluated by a Sleep Disorder Specialist.

I have heard weening off of Prednisone is better. So when day 5 comes around and I take my last 40mg of Prednisone will that cause any problems or should I ask my doctor to ween me off this more gradually? Thank you!

Apparetnly, I have bedome Prednizone dependent. Nothing els has seemed to work and we've tried about everything. My question refers to a previous post from "too crazy" in which "caregiver 222" indicated a concern that the problem with prednisone is suppression of the immune system that prevents malignancies. Right now, my doctor has me tapering off Predinizone with the goal of getting down to 5 mg every other day in another month or two.

I told the dr about the elevated cortisol levels and my concern with taking prednisone, but he said it would be no problem. Now, this is a ENT doc so I am doubting he even knows about elevated cortisol. Do any of you have any info you could pass along or websites that I could check into this? I have googled high cortisol+prednisone and came up with nothing, really. Thanks!

2 Caution - The interaction may occur based on the mechanism of action of the co-administered medicines. Be alert for increased or decreased effect, depending on the combination of medicines. Documentation Level : Limited - Few reports of this interaction exist. These few reports usually consist of limited case reports where clinically sound justification of the interaction is found.

It is used to treat conditions such as arthritis, blood disorders, breathing problems, certain eye problems, certain cancers, immune system disorderss, and skin deseases. It is not effective against bile salt build up. Doctors often prescribe antihistamines or other medications such as cholestyramine (Questran) and rifampin (Rifadin, Rimactane) to reduce itching caused by metabolites in the blood. These didn't work for me. Antihistamines made me drowsy and I woke up feeling drugged.

last tuesday my dr prescribed me prednisone for what he thought was mono( turned out to be tonsilitis) and the prednisone was not needed. after 3 days of 20mg i thought i was going to die. panic attacks, shakes, sweating and unable to focus i called the dr who had the PA call me back amnd say taper to 10 mg then 5 mg. After fri night taking the 10mg i went into hysterics. i couldnt talk, i couldnt move and i could not focus on my son who is 2.

Hopefully she will stop by and clarify, my memory is still a little fragmented right now so take this with a grain of salt until she explains for herself what happened. But since it looks like you've got your SVR now, the use of prednisone should not cause the same problems for you that a chronically infected HCV patient might experience in the sense of increasing viral activity and the subsequent rate of fibrogenesis.

These are the big ones that don't itch as much as they hurt. I have taken Benadryl and Prilosec which is a histamine 2 antagonist. I have 10 mg Prednisone tabs with me but the directions are to take 40 mg for angioedema and gradually decrease dosage. I know that if I take this dosage I will be up all night but am really uncertain about how much I should take. Using Aveeno to sooth the welts with minimal effect. I empathize with anyone going through this experience.

My son has chronic cough which accompanies his asthma episodes and he is severely short of breath. The shortness of breath is consistent with each episode and keeps him out of school. Prednisone is the only thing that really helps in addition to his meds. Sometimes nebulizing doesn't help. Dr. is baffled and says that prednisone not really helping but I know it reduces and eventually stops the cough and the excess mucus production. He coughs up little balls of mucus when he is in episode.

NOW, I was told to go to hospital 2 days ago, I have had a very hard time breathing, white blood cell count was 21,000 (10,000 is highest normal) but I was on prednisone, which can increase your wbc count. 4 days after finishing the prednisone I had a repeat blood work and get results today. I've also have a temp of 99.3, night sweats, and since 11/3/08 my pulse has been over a 100 up to 109 and pressure has been normal to low for me.

They both have horrible breathing problems. My daughter's breathing started to get nasty around 5 months of age and has been good and bad since. My son's breathing just started recently. They are both on pulmacort and albuterol and my son was just put on predisolone. Nothing is working!! Does anyone have any advice? We are a NON smoking home and would NEVER let anyone near our children with ciggarettes. We do not have pets either. I just dont know what to do anymore.

I also get painful cramps in my ribs

The Yoga Pranayam (breathing exercises) will help with lung problems.As you are getting short of breath, start with Anulom Vilom only for the first week and when you can do this comfortably, start with the others. Build up your timing gradually(say from 1 minute). If you feel tired or dizzy, stop and resume later. Bhastrika - Take a long deep breath into the lungs(chest not tummy) via the nose and then completely breathe out through the nose. Duration upto 5 minutes.

I am uncertain about what is meant by “significant breathing problems”. Is this a problem of breathing in, breathing out (in the presence of seemingly normal peak flows), or both? And, did you experience these “breathing problems” during the stress ECHO? I assume that your breathing problems involve shortness of breath with exertion and that the bronchoscopy ruled out any kind of fixed airway obstruction as a cause of the shortness of breath.

A couple of weeks later, I was in the emergency room with breathing problems, and I have been having breathing problems ever since. I have had asthma since I was very young, but it has been very well controlled for the past 12 years (no trips to the emergency room & only used a rescue inhaler a few times per year). My peak flow readings have been good (550+) throughout this entire process, even when I am feeling my worst.

I've been having breathing problems and chronic fatigue with asthma even after taking Symbicort and singulair regularly. I was prescribed 30mg prednisone for a week. is this high dose ok?

She has been having increasing problems with her asthma and breathing and I'm concerned, the doctor says that it's just because she is a smoker and her asthma is just going to get worse. I am aware that she should quit but I can't make her quit. I have offered all of the tools and she is trying. What should I do? I mean are they right to assume that it is just her asthma getting worse?

Anulom Vilom pranayam – Close your right nostril with thumb and deep breath-in through left nostril then – close left nostril with two fingers and breath-out through right nostril then -keeping the left nostril closed deep breath-in through right nostril then - close your right nostril with thumb and breath-out through left nostril. This is one cycle of anulom vilom. Repeat this cycle for 15 to 30 minutes twice a day. Children under 15 years – do 5 to 10 minutes twice a day.

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