Prednisone in transplant
Common Questions and Answers about Prednisone in transplant
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To my knowledge no transplant recipients have been allowed to participate in any of the new trials - Telaprevir Boceprevir.
They are now placing him on a prednisone gtt. 450mg of prednisone infused in one hour for three days on a row and today is his third day.
You say you have Autoimmune Hep, Hep C, Fatty Liver Disease, Stage 4 Cirrhosis, and type 2 diabetes.
This is a very unfortunate combination of issues. Autoimmune Hep, Hep C, Fatty Liver Disease all contributing to your liver disease.
Hopefully your hepatologist by treating your hep C can slow the progression of your cirrhosis while trying to manage your other illness as well.
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Why were you taking prednisone and what is the rationale for taking you off it? If you can get off it, that is wonderful. Steroids nearly did me in.
I recently had a transjugular biopsy and I was told it shows I am in Stage 4 Cirrhosis of the Liver. My previous Biopsy 3 yrs before showed I was at stage 0-1... I have been taking medications and see my doctor on a regular basis... How can I advance so fast undetected and now that I am in stage 4 how long can will it be before my liver fails completely.
It is unusual for a person to be taking oral prednisone for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), especially in a dose as high as 20 mg daily. That dose puts you at risk for a lot of steroid side effects, such as muscle weakness, bone thinning, cataracts, fragile skin, hypertension etc. You should ask your doctor why you need 20 mg of prednisone. You may also want to consult with a lung specialist about this and other inhaled medicines available to people with COPD.
Prednisone in the end will be worse than the disease itself. Do your husband a favor, and take a look at LDN (http://www.ldninfo.org). I would also suggest seeing a good naturopathic MD.
Read all the side effects of prednisone, it might be that it is related to the prednisone or prednisone is causing the water retension to be worse... just a thought.
Keep us posted of your experience ok?? It might be helpful for all of us that have AIH for future reference and to compare our experiences. Best Wishes!
So he is starting alll over again with cellcept, more prednisone, more prograf. As far as the hepc we have an appointment in March to discuss what to do about that. We're both very depressed as we are starting all over again and I don't see a light at the end of the tunnel, but it helps to have people that will listen cause most of our friends and family don't know what to say and we don't want them to keep feeling bad.
First, they suspected Autoimmune Hepatitis, now they think it may be drug-duced because Prednisone (40mg) should have lowered her numbers in the last 3 weeks. Except for looking very yellow and needing insulin from the effects of the Prednisone, she feels good. They lowered her Prednisone last week to 30 and today to 20. Her numbers today were:
Bilirubin total: 29.5 (25 last week)
AST: 1448 (2500 last week)
ALT: 2572 (3500 last week)
INR: 1.2 (1.4 last week)
ALK: 207
Albumin: 3.
I have a friend who had a corneal transplant in her left eye in December to correct keratoconus. Post-surgery her vision in that eye was improving until April, when she and her brother accidently bumped heads. His head hit her eye, breaking the stitches in her cornea. She had surgery again to repair the stitches and according to the doctors everything was fine. However from that point on her vision in her left eye has returned to its pre-op state.
I had been on low dose prednisone since hospitilization. they did a biopsy shows I have plasma cells with interface activity, bridging stage 3fibrosis, moderate portal/peritportal and mild lobular mixed inflammation. Because of the glaucoma my GI is concerned with the conventional predinisone treatment and wants to send me to the transplant center and according to him see about being listed on the transplant list. I am floored and do not know what to think about all this.
My GI is sending me to a transplant center to see about trial drugs and/or getting on a transplant list. In October my liver enzymes were near normal and are now severe and am stage 3. My rheumatologist felt this seems to be moving very quickly. I have so much on my mind financially, whether to pursue as the bills are starting to add up. I also have CAD, glaucoma and rheumatoid arthritis. I have been started on interferon and prednisone.
t know what to think.I have had a non-respond issue almost 10 years ago. I just had a full Liver Transplant in Nov.2010. They had to change my anti-rejection meds. do to multipul compression fractures in my spine.Was on Prednisone and now on Cellcept.I just had my first Viral load done and it is at 13 mill. Do I try treatment our just live my life as it is.
I was diabetic since I was in 5th grade, but five years ago had a kidney;pancreas transplant. Since then I have been on three kinds of drugs for my transplant. Cellcept, Predizone, and Prograf are the drugs that I am taking. With these drugs along with having diabetes up until 5 years ago affect my chances of producing a child. I am also 32 years of age.
my hubby was 1 & half year post liver transplant, my question now is about his bood sugar, we are trying to monitor it , we have the kit and test sugar before and after meal, but there was time that in just a minute sugar rises and and sometimes went very low. is this normal for or the kit have a problem?
This has resulted in both increases in transplant numbers and an increased recognition of previously neglected long-term complications of transplantation such as fractures and osteoporosis. Both pretransplantation bone disease and immunosuppressive therapy result in rapid bone loss and increased fracture rates. Patients are particularly at risk early after transplantation. The bone health of candidates for organ transplantation should be assessed with bone densitometry of the hip and spine.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/autoimmune-hepatitis/DS00676
I have no idea how long you have but if the drugs you are taking are not controlling your disease you might consider discussing another drug with your doctor. On the other hand, if your doctor is insistent that autoimmune hepatitis is an exclusionary factor for a liver transplant seeing another doctor might be advisable.
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