prednisone dosing and side effects

Usually a treatment for more than 3 weeks is taken as long term. I cannot advise the dose, which can cause neurological symptoms and side effects. Consult your physician for the needful in your case. Take care.

m coping with the side effects of the prednisone including agitation, mood swings, greater distractibility, disorganization, incredible appetite increases, and gastritis. Yesterday and today I decreased the prednisone to 5 mg but can feel slight fireworks lighting up my brain, as I carefully wean this old body away from the predisone. I see the clinical psychologist next week for disorganization and decluttering monitoring.

They have finally developed a long acting HC, duocort, that will be available sometime soon and it will mimic the diurnal rhythm without the side effects of pred - so once a day dosing. Look for a steroid calculator and you can see what I mean about half lives and all.

will it cause bone damage, adrenal damage and changes in my face and body? I have been wheezing for 4 months and can't sleep for over 2 years without prednisone and klonopin. thanks!

I am also diabetic @ bood sugars are higher than usual is this a side effect of prednisone,have 3 more days on prednisone should I stop?

was red and flushed only on head neck and face.....nowhere else......was told prednisone side effect....but being riddled with panic disorder I checked latuda site......rare but deadly side effect called nms...neuropaletic malignant syndrome.....symptoms are. Excess sweating,Bp changes,heart beat changes, rigid muscles confusion,fever,breathing changes......says if have any of these to call needs treatment in hospital......is this thing I'm going thru nms?

My husband has been on and off high doses of Prednisone for the last year, and side effects are devastating, including the thinning of his skin---and lesions caused by cuts and scratches that he isn't even aware have happened, will his skin (on his arms mostly) return to normal at some point? will all of the bloating in his face and belly disappear at some point? All opinions accepted.....doctors refuse to admit his skin damage is due to Prednisone, but I have no doubt WHATSOEVER.

Those sound like normal side effects of prednisone. Nasty drug but can save a dog's life. My golden has been taking 50mg daily for 2 months and the side effects are horrible.

I've had a really bad cough for about 6 months and my pulmonary doc gave me Advair 250/50 and Singulair.........it didn't do anything........so he called in prednisone.......10mg......and I am supposed to take 4 per day until I feel better then reduce by one pill every 3 days..........it's been 10 days now and I don't feel any better and I'm starting to worry about side effects. I don't know what to do and I can't help but wonder if I'm doing the right thing.

So far I have had no issues with side effects. I am careful to stay in the shade and use sunscreen, since it is supposed to increase sensitivity to sun. He has me on Plaquim and Folic Acid and Vit C with the Methotrexate. I think I am doing well on this. No new flare ups, and the girls are starting to look and fell normal again.

I've noticed that after 3 months of daily prednisone that I have developed hair on my upper lip and jaw line. Has anyone else experienced side effects like this? I don't see how it will go away on it's own. How do you treat unwanted facial hair? This is quite upsetting to me. Thanks!

Well, no matter now as my doctor says he dosen't give the oral form for exacerbations anymore just the IV, so I guess I do not have a choice but I do trust his judgement.

I noticed all I got was massive headaches and still have problems walking when I start off to walk. Prednisone seem to make me feel jittery and not do anything to help. I go to see my dr. this coming Monday. Hope my Dr.

For me, the fact that I still grew abscesses while on the prednisone and methotrexate, I decided to get a double mastectomy. I had it on Jan 19 and am still recovering, it was a hard surgery for me. Today I feel very good though. I feel hopeful for my future...a little scared to go under general anesthesia twice more this year for reconstruction, but every day is a step towards normalcy! You are not alone.

He had a third seizure there and the vet diagnosed epilepsy. He is on phenobarbitol and had no side effects until last night when he vomited and started head twitching. He is drooling a lot and a bit wobbly. Is this typical? Will it stop ?

t have gastrointestinal issues so he believes I am at low risk for this particular side effect. He advised that the serious and typical side effects of lower dose, long term oral steroids are not seen when these same meds are administered at high doses for such short courses of treatment as that which he has provided me. He also advised that there is emerging evidence in more recent follow up studies to those referenced above, that supports the efficacy of oral steroids for MS relapses.

has me concerned.when admitted to hospital and they say they are going to give me prednisone i apoligize first for what i will say later...

I never knew it was actually called prednisone psychosis, I wish the doctor knew that and could have told me to rest my worried mind. Ive heard others had the side effects for days or weeks or longer so I guess it differs from the person and body. My experience was life changing, I get car sick now, I have bad anxiety, I actually now cannot look at flashing lights cuz it makes me sick, which I never had that problem till I took prednisone.

re confused and fearful. Have you looked up the side effects of progesterone? I was on that years ago and couldn't tolerate it, but for the life of me I can't remember what happpened. Like you, I too have been on loads of meds. In your place I would ask as much as you can during your biopsy, and would also bombard your PCP with questions. He or she should be guiding you through all of this. The stress factor makes things incredibly worse.

5 days 30mg; 5 days 20 mg; 5 days 10 mg. As I got better, side-effects were worse than the illness. Gastritis required re-starting sucralfate at least at bedtime, agitation and mood swings limited my cognitive function. I limited my driving because of distractibility. I'm 70 with ADHD. This is the second time I've followed the pulmonologist orders for the prednisone with side effects worse than the URI. I meet with my primary doctor today for post-infection followup.

Surgery is not the best option since poor wound healing a part of the disease try to do fine needle aspirations instead much quicker and easier healing. My advice do your research and have questions written down. Ask if they have had any patients with GM and if so treatment plans and success. Ask about their opinion and options. You must advocate for yourself sometimes so don't be afraid to ask question or get a second opinion.

My side effects from prednisone have been anxiety, panic attacks, metal taste in mouth, sound intolerance, smell intolerance, communication disability, bladder infection feeling, rashes on vagina, even started a period like during tx, ( mentapause for 6 years) ...has anybody else had anything similar happen to them when given another drug regiment or am I alone on this one?

Well, the tube was chilled, the base line I am confident was taken correctly, this is the second reading I have gotten like this , and those results came back the next day, so it was just the second sample that got lost...my other results were..., a prolactin which was .5, and an estradiol which was 62, progesterone which was again <.1 but did not do the other pituitary hormones and didnt address my low hormones besides my low cortisol.

ve taken oral Pred myself (not for MS) and had no side effects and also no front effects, as I like to call them, because it didn't work. I've had IVSM with no side effects whatever, though that's rare. I can't say that worked either, or actually it did immediately, after which things came roaring back. I finally experienced relief using gabapentin (Neurontin), increasing the dosage every few days till it worked. But my problems were sensory and not motor, like yours.

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