Prednisone with antidepressants
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Be very careful with prednisone, it is an extremely powerful drug that can can tons of horrible side effects and long term permanent issues. I am still fighting with adrenal problems 3 years after I needed two 5 day tapers in a month, my body and it's stress response probably will never go back to the way it was. You need to get an appointment with a specialist and figure out the root cause of the problem and not just bandaid it with the meds.
Recently, I've been suffering severely from very raw, sensitive and burning lips (very hard to describe). The skin pretty much just disappears off my lip rather than peel off. They aren't like chapped and again they aren't peeling. It's only affected on the lip not around it or inside the mouth. When looking at it in that condition it looks normal which is good and bad as it doesn't look then half as bad as it feels!
The argument over use of oral prednisone is long-standing. The answer is yes, use of oral prednisone definitely predisposes a person to new infections, both viral and bacterial. That being said, once a given strain of flu is defeated natural antibodies prevent re-infection with that exact strain. It's like getting a vaccination. With oral prednisone the problem is risk vs. benefit. Prednisone affects different people in different ways.
She was given steroid and antibiotic injections. Also given Baytril and Prednisone to take home and give daily. She gets Prednisone 20mg 3 times a day. She began heavy breathing on day 2 of the med and also seems to have belly bloating. Is this normal? I called my Vets office and all they said was to bring her in to get seen. But, we have already spent $1300 in one week alone on vet bills. Help!
my life became nothing but working and sleeping, unable to accomplish little else...everything was falling apart....then I was diagnosed with lung sarcoidosis and given prednisone short term....I'm sorry but it was the best week I have had in a long time....yes I became manic but in the depths where I was it was it was a blessing....but now I'm off it and back to feeling emotionally paralyzed....I'm going to talk to my Dr.
I refuse to take the prednisone but my doctor says it is the first choice since IVIG are so expensive. I would rather go with the IVIG by IV's than do another dose of prednisone.
I wish I knew if EBV caused my low platelet count and what would be my options to raise them to normal count which is 150,000.
My pain doc will not mess with me because I am on the meth, and the doc at the methadone will not help me with any pain issues. I try to detox down some, then if I go to fast and start having some muscle and joint pains, and it is a damn struggle to go back up at all on the methadone. Needless to say I am terrified of trying to come down, afraid I will not be able to cope and to know the doc is such a **** and has to argue with everything I try to tell him.
I was put on Prednisone 40mg for 5 days for lingering breathing problems from a URI. I knew this med was bad the moment I popped in my mouth to swallow it and could taste how bad.
While on this med and being off it the past few days, it caused me to have bad reflux and caused me bad mental effects.
She had to go on Prednisone because the Cushings meds worked too well, but the Prednisone made her worse. Good ;luck in trying to find the right dosage and meds, its really hard.
The patient is 28 years old, was diagnosed ITP 4 years ago, had been treated with Prednisone several times, each time from several months to 1 year. The patient had an unsuccessful pregnancy one year ago.
The main questions from the patient are:
1) Is it safe for the patient to get pregnant? What's the minimum platelet level requirement during pregnancy?
2) If during the pregnancy the patient needs to be treated, is Prednisone safe at a low dose?
I just started having migraines a couple of months ago when the neurologist changed my antidepressant from Pristiq to Imipram. It was at my request since my co-pay for Pristiq has gone from $104/month to over $225/month in less than a year. I am retired and disabled, so I thought if I changed antidepressants I could save over $200/mo, which isn't much to some, but it IS to me. Anyway, the neurologist just prescribed Prednisone to help with the migraines.
Hi JJ- if you google prednisone and hair loss you will find many interesting links to the topic. It appears that complaints about hair loss are near the top of the list of side effects reported with extended prednisone use..... Something about it changes the hormone levels.
the good news is it seems it is not a permanent problem - the hair recovers after the prednisone is stopped.
t have any first hand experience with nortrilen, however, I think with any medication that you have been on long term it is always better to reduce the dose very slowly - I am surprised that your doctor didn't at least go through this with you - very lax on his part.
Suddenly stopping a medication will quite often result in withdrawal symptoms.
How high is the risk of damage to your liver and kidneys? Have the levels in your blood been checked?
Do any of you take antidepressants to help cope with the anxiety of afib? Which are safe to take and do not raise heartbeat? I don't trust any of them.
I started taking antidepressants for the first time in my life to treat side effects of treatment.
A low dose anti-depressant was the only thing that calmed my brain down enough to fall aseep for at least6 hours and reduced the bizarre dreams that came with not sleeping. The whole time I was still energetic even with out sleep. I think it is a chemical imbalance in the brain when I went off synthroid it had to have triggered something. I take 50mg daily and I added 40mg of folic acid 2x which is supposed to help bring balance. My synthyroid was 225mg now 200mg.
The neurologist said I have polyneuropathy with autonomic dysfunction. He put me back on the Cymbalta at 30 mg. to start. Hopefully I can stay at that dose. Not feeling great today.
I'm on Prozac, 40 mg. Its too low but not gonna mess with the meds till after baby is born (I've had problems when messing with my drugs in the past). My doc said its fine. Talk to yours about increasing. Take it slow. They'll probably also recommend exercise and talk therapy.
It depends on the one your Dr prescribes so it would be best to ask him... There is nothing to feel bad about with depression... My sister denied it for 5years after her husband left and two weeks ago I finally got her to ask the Dr and she is actually smiling and laughing again... Not too mention it will be so much harder with a newborn if you don't try to deal with it now...
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