solumedrol blood pressure

Usually low blood pressure or low blood sugar cause dizziness. I would tell your doctor.

Thanks for letting me know that this happened to someone else. My daughter Cheryl, has a horrible time with the Solumedrol. Her blood glucose levels went in the high 400's and her blood pressure shot through the roof. These are the same problems I have with Solumedrol. Diabetics have a hard time with Solumedrol and it seems that insulin or diabetic pills, cannot work hard enough to get high blood sugar levels down.

Good for you and bravo for your doc for doing the smart thing for YOU. Many people do fine with home infusions and some can even manage to do them on their own. As you say - it isn't for everyone. As often as everything goes right there is always that time it doesn't. I had home infusions of IVSM for five days. Actually, make that four. The home infusion company required the first dose be given at the hospital or an infusion center since I had never received IV dosing before.

The fact that you describe blurred vision and only in one eye, signals to me that your treatment with Solumedrol should help clear things up. Please let your doctor know about that pressure feeling. Okay?

I found the forum a couple of months ago when searching if Copaxone increases blood sugars. The thread I found was from 2008. My sugars have been so under control and no AIC's over 5.4. I was off meds for a month after my the delivery of my daughter and was still so under control that my PCP decided not to refill my Rx. After 3 months of Copaxone my morning fasting sugar is still high anywhere from 120-150.

I am really confused right now. Yesterday I finished my last day of treatment, didn't go over to well. My blood pressure dropped. I felt horrible and all I wanted to do was sleep and I did. I just got off the phone with the Doctor's office that ordered it and of course it was his nurse that called because he was not there, but in his notes he wanted her to tell me that he does NOT want me to do this again. Of course no explaination, he would have to tell me himself.

Sheesh, this is 2nd exacerbation within 6 months...more solumedrol in 2 weeks.

Searching, I found you and am excited that there is a group that may actually be able to answer some of my questions. The first thing he wants to do is put me on solumedrol for 5 days, I am not currently in a flair. Any reason I should put myself through that if I am not currently having symptoms?

I know steroids can make you susceptible to infections, but has anyone developed a UTI on solumedrol? I had the unmistakable first inklings of one a bit ago. I rushed out for cranberry juice and a blueberry smoothie (blueberries are supposed to have the same effect as cranberries, and it's a good excuse for a fruit smoothie!!) and I'm hoping I can keep it at bay this way, but I guess I'll know in a few hours. These things tend to come on fast for me.

t sleep, I thought I was losing my mind, it felt as if I was watching life through a tv screen, or I was in a dream. I cried for days, my blood pressure raised to scary heights, my heart rate was on some days 130 beats per minute. I lost 10 pounds in pretty much 2 weeks, I told my mother about the situation and she said we should call the doctor.

IVSM without the taper is called "Pulse Therapy." In theory, it can prevent a flare. It does this by preventing the inflammation of the endothelium on the interior of the blood vessels. This inflammation is the "breakdown" in the Blood Brain Barrier that allows WBCs to leak through and attack the myelin. If they can keep the BBB from leaking, no new lesions. That is the rub.

ve had a horrible experience with Solumedrol as well.....Back in March I had extreme leg and groin numbness and went on IV Solumedrol for 3 days....I had a nasty reaction to it, but it DID take away the numbness and vision problems almost immediately....Well, within 48 hours anyway..... In May the left side of my head and face went numb and because I was visiting the MS Clinic at that time, I declined the Solumedrol treatment.....That numbness didn't go away for 20 days.....

I had my first course of solumedrol Friday-Tuesday. Last night (Thursday night) I began needing to urinate every 30-60 minutes. Not like tons and tons. But also not my bladder fooling me. And it continues today! I can't get a hold of my @$&#%& neurologist. So of course my question is whether this happens with steroids. Anybody?

This concern has been posted awhile back, but wanted to reintroduce it. I had a solumedrol treatment about 4 weeks ago. About 2 weeks later i got chills and my hands started to itch uncontrollably followed later by hives in random places (no pattern to where they were) but mainly arms, stomach, and scalp. Called my neurologist, heard back from his nurse who said there was no way it was related to solumedrol.

I have a 9 month old Baby boy, past tuesday we went to the ER because a fever and cough, after the respiratory therapies and solumedrol they took a blood sample of my baby and the sugar levels were very high I believe (229) and the doctor said it was because of the solumedrol, after that it never was lower than 120-123 even without eating for 5 hours. I like to know if this is normal or i should go to a specialist? Thanks for you help.

Solumedrol can be an excellent way to calm symptoms down if you are being treated due to MS flair-ups. When I had my IV Solmedrol treatment, I was not able to sleep for days I was wired) and the doctor's gave me a weeks' worth of sleeping pills. The Medrol caused havoc with my blood pressure and my blood sugar.

At one point this was happening about 15 times per day. I took a round of Solumedrol (3 days) and began taking 300 mg of Lyrica per day. It now happens 4 or 5 times per week. My doctor prescribed another round of Solumedrol which is scheduled for next week (30 days from the first one). I am trying to decide whether I want to do the 2nd round of Solumedrol. It made me feel horrible and was a miserable 4 or 5 days.

t really realized that this had intensified until everyon in the ER was poking and prodded me. The blood pressure cuff hurt! Even though I am petrified of needles, getting blood doesn't really hurt beyond the initial *****. Yesterday the IV hurt the whole time it was in my hand. And it was preety painful tohave it put in, too. And the thing they tighten on your arm hurt like h e l l. My nurse felt so bad. Then, my veins wouldn't cooperate and it took 4 times.

I had a 4 day Solumedrol drip and then step down pack in February and it made me worse. All my muscles tightened up and I have more pain than I did before. Call it a major fibromyalgia attack. Even now in May, I am still as stiff and woozy as i was after the glucocorticoid therapy. Sigh. Did nothing for me that I can tell. I did sweat a lot during the treatment so maybe i lost a few toxins?

t help, so I had the 3 day mega dose IV solumedrol. I did not do the tapering off pills, because I was having a reaction to the medicine. Since the end of February my ankles are swollen everyday, all day. I asked my neurologist, and she said it is a side effect of the solumedrol. Any one else experience this.....swollen ankles for so long? When will they return to normal? Help please. Thank you.

I am currently being treated with 1 gm Solumedrol once/month. I had a three day course last spring and felt AWFUL afterwards. I did eventually feel a bit better overall, so maybe it was worth it. Even the one day dose makes me feel pretty lousy. My sx actually seem to get worse for a few days afterward! I'm not dx, but symptomatically fit the diagnostic criteria (we'll see what the 3T MRI has to say...

Last year I had a few flares of severe weakness and was treated with high dose Solumedrol, which works very well for me. I have not really had visual symptoms except for double vision on occasion and only during flares. I do get nystagmus when vertigo is a problem. Yesterday I went to an optometrist to get contact lenses. I just got a new glasses prescription in December when my old glasses broke.

I still am thinking Solumedrol is affecting my menses. Had some pretty extensive tests last month, and (gyn) docs are taking a wait and see approach. I had a pelvic ultrasound and then a sono-hysterogram which showed several polyps (uterine and cervical) but not enough to cause any action yet.

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