Prednisone withdrawal itch
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im going to be having a fess surgery and my dr prescribed prednisone on july 1,08 4 pills a day for 4 days and then cut back by 1 pill a day,but it makes me so nervous because i have bad anxiety he said i could take a half a dose so i have been taking 2 tablets aday today is my 4 thr day im wondering how i will tapeer off that cant reach dr till monday my surgery is wed.
It took a two week diminishing dose of prednisone to eventually make the itch go away and the rash to subside for me. And this was four weeks post Incivek and two weeks after a steroid shot. I started with 50mg a day for three days, then 40 a day for three, etc. I remember sitting on the sofa after the first dose and I could actually feel the itch and fiberglass feeling begin to diminish. That night I slept without waking up scratching for the first time in almost ten weeks.
Thank you for the reply. I would have never thought prednisone withdrawal would be so difficult. I am hangin' in there and staying positive. Thank you very much Foggy2. It seems the fatigue is the hardest to deal with. I have never experienced fatigue in such an extreme fashion.
I am concerned with the last month which will be 1mg every other day.
So far it seems I am just one of those people that do better dropping .5mg at a time. Now that I think back I should have been dropping.
My 70 lb 12 year old golden retriever has a skin condition and was on Prednisone last year for about three weeks. She broke out with the same rash a few days ago, and (stupidly) instead of taking her to the vet, I gave her the same dosage of medicine that we had left over from the last time. I gave her 20mg in the morning, 20 in the evening, and then realized that I didn't have enough to complete the course for three weeks.
Again, I had relief while on the medicine. Days after stopping prednisone the itch came back again and was even worse. Since then my entire body is now itching (arms, legs, feet, hands, stomach, neck, back).
There are no visible rashes, no blisters, no white lines. Ive washed and rewashed everything. I handmake my own laundry detergent and have done so and used this for 5 years. I have no new shampoos, body washes, lotions, sprays. Nothing in my diet has changed. I had bariatric surgery 1.
However, the prednisone accelerated the osteoarthritis in my knees and hips, and I am now trying to get off prednisone.
And this is the real problem of prednisone. For most people with osteoarthritis in addition to whatever else, prednisone reduces healing in tissues that are inflamed (by reducing inflammation which is part of healing). This is not true for every kind of osteoarthritis..
It is not pure itch now. I feel a prickly pain under the itch. I also have idiopathic neuropathy and a bladder disease, interstitial cystitis, which is thought to be auto immune and, or allergy. I have tried all the home remedies and have been on Atarax for the past week. So far, it is not working. My dermatologist wants to try UV ultra light, but I feel it is too much like prednisone. I would prefer homeopathic treatments that are not invasive and trade one problem for another.
For 2 months, I have the "MS itch" on one part of my lower back. It is unbearable. Creams don't help. Ice pack provides relief for a few minutes. Sleep is fine. After up & moving for several minutes, the itching starts. Simply, my neurologist doesn't know what he's doing. He recommended Cymbalta & Lyrica!! Instead, I showed him a prominent MS website regarding itching, so he prescribed their suggestion, Neurontin.
If she goes for several days off prednisone she becomes covered in these hives (whelps) and they itch terribly. The more she scratches the worse they get.
She is desperate for some answers.
Treatment was Asacal, ten years, Age 39-40 Asacal + 40 MG Prednisone, age 40-41 Azulfidine + 40 mg Prednisone, age 41- May 2012 Remicade & Azulfidine + 40 mg Prednisone, In May 2012 she had Proctocolectomy with ileostomy in the future once the Prednisone taper is completed.
In July 2012, taper completed and she developed rash on legs with blisters and serve itching. We canceled Ileostomy and started 10 mg Prednisone, itching continued not as serve.
Usually Prednisone raises glucose levels, not lower. One thing to note is if you have been on Prednisone for more than one month, it is important that you do not stop it "cold turkey." This can cause an acute withdrawal reaction that can lead to a crisis situation - you can mess up your adrenal gland where adrenal exhaustion can lead to hypoglycemia. You'll need to travel outside of your area for an evaluation by an Endo. Mine is 50+ miles away one-way.
Did the anxiety start while you were on the prednisone or after you stopped? Corticosteroids cause anxiety as one of the most common side effects, as they are basically a form of cortisol, the stress hormone. It's possible the problem is the cortisone itself, and not withdrawal from it, that is the problem, though I'm not sure about withdrawal from this drug.
I went to my doctor who thought it may be an allergic reaction to something in the air since its mainly on lower arms which are the areas of skin I usually have exposed. Doctor gave me prednisone and cortizone cream. Prednisone made it not itch but still visible. Now I have been off medicine for almost a week and rash/bumps look just as bad and still itch sometimes. Mainly on hands and lower arms but some on back, knees, back of neck, and pubic area too.
t have wrinkles normally) under both eyes. It does not itch - feels more like tight, sunburned skin and looks like I was in a fight. Any idea? My dr. just put me on Prednisone.
my rash started at day 6 and by week 8 it covered most of my body. i was put on clobetasol steroid cream and prednisone. i am at week 44 and still use the clobetasol. i have not heard of pH being a factor. please let us know what your biopsy says.
a dermatologist prescribed prednisone starting july and tapered off on november 2007 and they disappeared for a time but would show up once in a while (even when i was on prednisone). the doctor would increase my dosage of prednisone (and thus lengthened the tapering off process), that's why i ended up taking it for about 5 months. however, i still have them.
aside from prednisone, is there any other treatment that is available for me?
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