solu medrol side effects in children

Thank you. Funny, but solu-medrol didn't affect me this badly. Had it in hospital last fall. I saw the nurse coming and would just stick out my arm.

m having less success finding out about long-term side-effects-in particular, rapid weight gain. I noticed the bloating quite early in my treatment, especially in my face and abdomen. My concern is that the bloated abdomen has been joined by swollen ankles, calves, hands, wrists and breasts. The most worrysome is the abdominal bloating-I rarely gain much weight in my abdomen; it's usually in the butt/thighs/hips area! LOL!!

I feel pretty good afterwards and am not limping much at all anymore. My question is regarding side effects of Solu-Medrol. I realize that everyone is different but is there an average time frame for side effects? Today is the 3rd day AFTER the infusions were completed. I have the metal taste in my mouth, I could eat my family out of house and home, I can sleep at night fine but need a nap during the day and I can sometimes be very warm or very chilly.

Hmmm, not everyone's side effects will be the same. In fact, you may not really have any side effects that you notice. My side effects were: racing heart - I lost about 5 lbs in 3 days. skin sensitive to the touch. feeling like I was beat up with a baseball bat on my back. shaking. and feeling like my achilles tendon was going to rip off. Just try to relax and take it easy. I hope all goes good for you.

I am on day 5 of 6 now taking this wonderful/awful medication at home (orally) So far it has not been fun, with side effects ranging from swollen hands/feet/joints, pain in joints, weak teeth, high blood pressure, low blood pressure, you name it :) Some advice I can give to those who will be taking Solu-Medrol orally. 1.) Take it with Grapefruit juice, not orange juice. I have read that Grapefruit juice helps your body to more efficiently process the steroids.

For those of you who have had to get the solu-medrol treatment IV for 5 days, how did this affect you and your body? It has been a couple weeks since I stopped the out-patient treatment for the IV. I am still awake a lot of the time when I should be sleeping. I got about 2 hours of sleep last night, and today, I lay down to rest and I can't still.

My question is whether this feeling is a side effect of Solu-medrol or an MS symptom that his not being relieved by the Solu-medrol? I would be grateful for any insight!

I am on day 4 without solu-medrol, but still have the increased appetite..Shouldn't this be going away soon? It's driving me nuts as I worked so hard to lose 48 pounds and sure don't want the solu to blow it. I'm not doing this again. The side effects were awful and the results have not been worth it at all.

rheumie have thought the latter until, but then my neuro did an MRI last week which showed inflammation in my c-spine, hence the solu-medrol treatment. would it be okay with you if i bumped up my original tale of woe so you could see where i'm coming from? again, i am grateful for your feedback.

I will have my first solu-medrol treatment at the end of this week. I have read the opinion of one person who has had this treatment before and they said that you should not drive or work. It was not clear if they were referring to just hours after the treatment or the entire five day course. I really need to work, and in order to work, I really need to be able to drive. Please tell me your experience with solu-medrol, especially if you continued to work during the treatment course.

I started my exacerbation in April of this year and immediately got on Solu-Medrol. I took the Solu-Medrol for 6 days at maximum dosage and tapered off with Prednisone. While my Optic Neuritis went away after only a couple of weeks or so, I soon had a Trigeminal Neuralgia attack. This only happened once, thank God, but a few days later, I began to experience difficulty walking. I still have difficulty walking, some days good, some days really bad, but the other symptoms have vanished.

Solu-medrol side effect: Dysphonia (Hoarseness or changing voice ) http://www.ehealthme.

Famliy Dr started a Decadron taper saying that it looks like MS but symptoms worsened. Neuro started IV Solu-Medrol 500mg x5 days and today was the last dose. Still numb arm. Just curious if any of you have experienced anything like this or how long it may take to get some relief from Solu-Medrol. Any information is very much so appreciated. Kinda freaking out here!!! Thanks!

Debs, It sounds like you mights as well take the Medrol - try it his way and then if it doesn't work out, you can go back and as for the solu-medrol. I'm guessing it is very close- just the "solu" means it is a liquid form (soluble) - again that's just my guess. Sorry you have to tough it out and take the meds - we all are taking stuff we would rather not ingest but do so because we're adults and understand the alternative. :-) Let us know how it goes...

I have been prescribed iv solu medrol infusion for 3 days, but after my first dose today I noticed severe leg pain (aching), weakness and some swelling. Is this normal? I still have 2 more doses of the treatment. Has anyone else ever gotten the leg pain AFTER starting the medicine? Thank you.

Did his doctor give him a prednisone taper, that is steroids in pill form to take for a week or two after the solu-medrol was over? If not and he is still having the sweating, you guys might want to let the doctor know about it. I'm not sure if that is normal or not, but it won't hurt double checking to see. I hope he can get back to normal soon. The steroids are supposed to help him do just that. Please let us know how he is doing. Take good care, both of you.

I may as well jump on the band wagon here and I say go to the hospital like the others. Rather be safe then sorry with something like this. It could be the effects from the solu medrol but the heart is something one shouldn't fool around with.

Technically, any neurological symptom lasting more than 24 hours is considered an exacerbation. Solu-Medrol has proven to shorten the lengths of exacerbations, but has not shown to alter disease course in any way. With that in mind, steroids are completely optional unless there is something life-threatening happening that the steroids may possibly put a halt to. What is life-threatening? Good question, the opinion varies from Doctor to Doctor and patient to patient.

I have just been weaned off of steroids after being on them for a month (MD put me on IV Solu-Medrol every 2 hours when I was hospitalized recently for bronchitis; followed by Medrol Dose pack which did not work, followed by prednisone). The side effects of the steroids were intolerable. When I was on them, I felt better and functioned better, but had horrible insomnia and euphoria.

I was diagnosed with Lupus Nephritus IV , my doctor had me do a 3 day IV treatment of 1g solu Medrol , each, that was a week ago. I was already on prednisone 60 mg a day and right before the treatment Cellcept was added. I am feeling like I got hit by bus ! I read elsewhere that most of my current issues are withdrawal from the Solu Medrol . I was wondering if anyone else has had this treatment and how long it took to feel" normal" ?

Anyone have any ideas how to cope with the solu-medrol headaches? I slept about 3 1/2 hours, nurse is coming back in 2 1/2 for round 2 of the infusion, so have a couple of more days with the headaches.

i had on hand a solu-medrol had my boyfriend give me inj 1.5cc Im glute but he gave it too me about 1 inch to the left and now i have swelling at the site about the size of a quarter i am a nursing student and try to walk him through it and made sure he aspirated will i be ok???

Solu medrol side effects in children

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