Solumedrol for headache
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These were sometimes associated with a headache. The neurologist decided to give me 1g for 5 days of solumedrol to see if the pain would go away. Mind you, I was NOT in pain at the time of the appointment. On the 5th day of the treatment, I started to get eye pain again, and developed dry eye. It has been 4 weeks and I still feel numbness and tingling on different parts of my body. Is this normal? My eyes are more painful than ever. Is this still from the Steroids?
Hi.,..I never was on the steroids like that, and all that have and reported here about it said they had relief, until they stopped the steroids...the thing with steroids is u can only use them so long and u have to stop using them....
And keep in mind, chiari symptoms cycle...
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?
I'm 31 and female w/a 13 year history of Lupus. I was diagnosed w/CNS lupus 9 years ago. A year ago in june following abdominal surgery I got the worst headache I've ever had. I was hospitalized for 9 days. The only thing that helped the headaches a little was Decadron. The headaches continued for 7 months. In Jan of 2008 my lupus flared and I was gived IV"d solumedrol 6 grams. My headache went 100% away. I also started cytoxan chemotherapy.
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.
three months ago i received a shot of prednisone for fire ant allergies. i have a minor case of cirrhosis, the shot was 120mg, i was weighting at 135lb and in poor health. that night i experienced the first headache of my life. it was a sharp pain lasting a second right in the middle of my brain. next couple days i had a brain fog that was also new to me. naturally i did not take the steroid pills for weaning. and now three months later, my body has changed.
It was a nice shower...just a little too public for me in that there were only two stalls for women and NO privacy. After 15 days without a shower...a little privacy would have been nice.
I am so glad that the Solumedrol is over and you have had positive results! I can't believe you lost that much weight...I ballooned and I still haven't lost it! Are you going to be on a weaning Prednisone now as well?
I just had my first round of solumedrol (ever)....not feeling good, hot, sugar way up, headache. But up until recently I had been swimming, light weight lifting, and walking dog. Before solumedrol, balance suddenly awful, eye pain, constant dizziness, absolutely crushing fatigue, muscle twitches that wouldn't quit. My neuro told me in an exacerbation you can have same symptoms as "normal" but only worse. New one was head feeling like cotton and the constant dizziness.
I had iv solumedrol/pills combo last summer and it was not bad for me. It helped to give almost immediate relief to my symptoms. I hope it does the same for you.
That work thing sure does change our priorities in the morning, right? No lounging around waitng for the legs to work for either of us..... call that neuro and get them on the ball with treting you now.
I saw my neuro last week and she gave me one dose of solumedrol for the SEVERE headache and TN pain I was having. It has helped, but not eliminated the pain.
The new sx she discovered Friday was nystagmus with leftward gaze (I was seeing double). Today, ditting in front of the computer, I'm finding it very hard to focus with my left eye. I have pain but it's not what I would think of that would be ON pain. I feel like there's sandpaper *behind* my eye.
How long can it take for solumedrol to take effect?
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.
s office and was told that the Solumedrol is in your system for about 10 days but my symptoms would be noted and related to t he neuro...never heard back from them of course. The pain in my head has returned intermittently but usually only lasts a day at a time...the final IV infusion did nothing to rectify the pain...it was just time as usual.
I have noticed that on the solumedrol thatnthe swelling and pain goes away for a day or two then starts to come back and raise it's ugly head. I finally took a picture of it at it's largest point and showed it to the gp. He said something about thyroid Titus and or ridsuals from the RAI? whe. I saw the dr the thyroid was only slightly swollen because I had just had 500 mg of solumedrol 54 hrs abfore walking in to his office.
This just came out of nowhere. For the last hour I've been struggling to keep my head up straight. I just feel so dizzy and tired. My eyes keep not focusing properly, as they do if I've awoken in the middle o fhte night or stayed up WAY too late. I don't understand it.
It almost feels like I've taken way too much of the gabapentin, but I just took my usual dosage (300 mg 6x/day--so far I've taken three today), plus I took some tylenol for my headache.
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