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 has been 4 months since finishing tx and I have been experiencing a lot of joint pain. I went back to the gym (very slowly) thinking it would help but so far no. My dr said this is a side of tx that I might have forever. Its mostly in my fingers, wrists, shoulders and knees. I am pretty pathetic getting out of bed in the morning. After a while it gets a little better. Is anyone else feeling this? Any suggestions?
As a rule when treatment is completed the symptoms go away .... are you on any type of medication at this point at all ?? Tamoxifen or one of the similar drugs ?? Unless there was some actual joint damage I'm not sure what else might be the cause ... unless ?? Fibromyalgia could cause similar symptoms. Regards ....
Hypogirl, if you have autoimmune gastritis whomever was giving you acid suppression meds should be avoided. In this autoimmune condition, you're facing a condition in which your body is attacking the cells in your stomach that will result in a LACK of acid production, in addition to not producing enough intrinsic factor which is needed to bind to the B12 you take in with food and allow that to be transported to the small intestine for uptake. So you end up with a deficiency of vitaming B12.
My nuclear whole body scan shows most EVERY joint in my body to be degenerative. (does that mean erosion)? I do have that positive RA Factor and have pain. But now I don't know if I may have Lupus. My Lupus labs are negative including the DNA. Can they eventually become positive? I'm having bad neuro problems (pins/needles that sting so hard all over my body along with tremors and muscle twitching).
Anway, the first doc wants me on mxt and plaquinal.
I live with chronic pain due to nerve damage in my SI joint and two back surgeries, but for the last 3 or 2 weeks, each day I awake with sore muscle in different parts of my body. My upper arm and leg muscles ache, my neck is sore, and my hip and knee joints makes it hard for me to get up at times. The pain will last for 3 or 4 days and slowly goes away but there will be another place that aches just as bad as the last one.
I have Celiac Disease and 4 years ago I was on 80 mg of Prednisone for over 8 months. I had a difficult time getting off the Prednisone, requiring a total of 12 months of treatment to get the Colitis under control.
My question is this. I told the Orthopedic Surgeon about both of these occurances with cortisone. He didn't feel I would have a problem with cortisone injected into the joint, so I had the injection.
im very concerned about starting my presciption of prednisone for what i consider to be a persistant but moderate sore throat. the dr. was advised that i have type 2 diabetes and turning off my immune system while im already in a bout with it...it just seems extreme and i fear my condition will worsen since no immune protection.and increase of blood sugar levels. for a sore throat ??
Anyway, I started prednisone right away and the major symptoms stopped in less than a week. But I have lots of joint and bone pain, including a pretty severe case of TMJ. When I wake up in the morning I'm in a good bit of pain - knees, wrists and elbows and of course the TMJ - then I take prednisone and usually by early afternoon I feel much better. From what I've read Crohn's can cause temporary arthritis that goes away as the inflammation in the colon goes away.
I have been on Celebrex, prednisone, plaquinal, methatrexate, enberol, folic acid, fosamax. I stopped celebrex and prednisone for one month, joint pain became worse, I am on Nexium for the gastritis. I have been healthy except for the rheumatoid arthritis. This burning pain and shortness of breath is getting me down. I have always been very active, walk at least 2 miles a day, now I am lucky to go around the block. I appreciate your responding to my question.
Sorry if these seems like I'm rambling, but quite nervous, so I will try to make as much sense as I can:
(Posted earlier)
About 2 mos ago-
Woke up at night with severe left arm pain as well as pectoral & tricep muscle spasms. Went to PCP (who is a DO) diagnosed with cervicalgia. X-ray showed c3-c4 disease (R>L). Put on Prednisone & Vicoden ES.
2 Weeks later no improvement - MRI ordered & oral prednisone & Vicodin ES refilled.
I resently injured my low back cycling and after the low back pain went away I ended up with pain on my right SI joint and sciatica in my lower leg. It's been almost 2 weeks and since then I've had a chiropractic adjustment and a course of Prednisone. I'm still in pain and unable to run or cycle. Walking is difficult. My doctor thinks my glute and piriformis muscles are overly tight and clamping down on my sciatic nerve, but no amount of stretches or muscle relaxers help.
how is you appatite are you fatigued or is it just the joint pain, have you been bitten by anything recently any unusual happenings.
Hi Sweetie, I know I haven't talked to you before, but I would like to say hi and give you some advice about joint and muscle pain. I am sorry you are having these problems, I feel for you. I have Stills disease which is a arthritis kind of like rheumatoid arthritis, it is very painful.
Do your joints become hot, warm, red, swollen or tender? Are you running any kind of fever? Do you have any rashes? Are both of the legs or arms affected or just one side?
Have you tried naproxen?
I ask because I sort of took myself off the cellcept I was on and only continued with 5 mg of prednisone for almost a year. Of course I progressively felt worse until I went back to my primary and asked for a refferal to a different GI doc. She went ahead and took some blood because I was complaining of severe joint pain (which I've had forever) and I guess she did not know it was a symptom of AIH (my old hepatologist didn't either). Come to find out I was vitamin d deficient.
I am taking high dosage of prednisone so now I can at least move but the swelling and pain lasted over a week. this is all so scary. Any ideas or comments about what I have?
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