solumedrol neck pain

I feel horrible, swollen painful lymph nodes in clavical, cerevical and back of neck, my ears hurt ...Has anyone ever had this after solumedrol? I have done solumedrol before but do not recall ever feeling this poorly.

You could try calcium supplements for your back and neck pain. Also, some mild pain killers like Tylenol (acetaminophen) may help. Ensure to take them after food. Hope this helped and do keep us posted.

I also have this problem that when I look down, I get a severe pain from my neck down my entire spine. Please give me any information about what to do next. Do you have to have a lesion on the brain to get a diagnosis of MS. All the research that I do says the sooner you start treatment the better off you will be. I am very concerned. I have 2 small children that I want to keep up with.

When I had ON I had to do this only 12 hour after onset because the pain was intolerable. They started me on Solumedrol asap and within hours the pain was gone and within a couple of days the foggy vision resolved.

I also have this problem that when I look down, I get a severe pain from my neck down my entire spine. Please give me any information about what to do next. Do you have to have a lesion on the brain to get a diagnosis of MS. All the research that I do says the sooner you start treatment the better off you will be. I am very concerned. I have 2 small children that I want to keep up with.

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...

Hi - I took a 3 day course of Solumedrol 2 weeks ago. For the first few days my pain, tingling, numbless and burning went away. They are now back and more severe than prior to the Solumedrol regime. Is this normal? I actually believe I was on the verge of a flare up prior to starting the Solumedrol and believe I am now in a full blown flare up. I am seeing my Neuro tomorrow and I'm wondering if he will suggest another round of the drug.

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?

Generally, Solumedrol is used when the acute vision in the affected eye is very low or when there is significant pain. Low dose oral steroids were shown to be a bad thing, because they increased the number of attacks of optic neuritis that the people suffered. This finding had been challenged, but follow up studies added evidence to the finding.

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? or is it the disease progressing?

1) we are closing on our new and old homes on the 19th 2) packing like crazy, 3) still trying to cincieve, $) a mild relapse. So, I took two days of solumedrol last thursday and Friday. This morning, I was fine, until I had something like a hot flash. Now my right side of my neck and my face and my muscles in my lower right are amre week and cramping. What can I do? I must continue to pack and keep the boys with me. Prayers would be appreciaqted.

ve been off the solumedrol for 8 days. I was on it for 10 for an MS attack. (a nightmare in and of itself) and my whole neck, chest, arms stomach are covered in hives. Is this from the Sol? My doctor is useless and didn't warn me about ANY of the side effects or check up on me during the treatment. I had to leave 3 messages just to get a call back when I was all done. Uuugghh I hate docs. Coming off was even worse than being on them. Rapid heart, dizziness, HOT flashes.

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?

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.

I am scheduled Monday to do an IV for three days of Solumedrol. Has anyone else done that and if so, what is your opinion. I am alittle nervous about it.

I will try to keep you all updated as to how things go. I had the baby on the 17th and began solumedrol on Monday the 20th. I had 1 gram every other day for three treatments and then 250mg every other day for 3 treatments. My last dose of solumedrol is Thursday. I am ready to get that stuff out of my system. Post0partum hormones and steroids make for an interresting time. Rich is such a good husband and father.

Since my severe pain in the back of my head last week it has been 7 days and i am still getting over it. The pain has gone but it washed me out and there have been an increase in some symptons mostly numb tingle lips and a sharp pain off and on in my right temple area. My local doctor placed me back on steroids for a couple of weeks and that has helped a little. Is it normal to take so long to get over somethimg like this?

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. Here where we live in Virginia, they will not do a treatment, if your blood sugar level is about 200. This is a good drug, but very hard on someone that is prone to high blood pressure and high blood sugar.

I also decided to tell them about all of the swalling in my face, neck, hands, and occsionally my legs. I also told her that I have been experiencing flushing of the same areas. It is really just a neusance, but the Beta patient information said to tell your doctor. I hope that he gets the message. I really don't think that it is anything, but at leist he knows.

Okay, I've had MS for 13 years. I was just taken off Tysabri in July, I was on that for almost 5 years. I now have to go on Gylena in January, but before I start the new drug...I have to do 6 months of iv steroids. 3 days every month with NO taper! I have just finished my second round...and I'm ready to through in the towel. The side affects of the steroids are at this point almost not worth doing. They are trying to prevent a relapse since I am not on any MS therapy.

When i lie flat it hurts around my rib cage, and today if i touch the back of my neck and collar bone area its very sore and tender ?? My chest has been red since i started the IV course Does anyone know if this could be a side effect of iv steroids..

I do not have the report here with his neck MRI but I know it has lesions on it also. The doctor still has not said what type of MS he has but since being dx in Feb 2008 he has had 4 flare ups and is currently taking Rebif 3x week and solumedrol for 3 days every month. Can anyone help with the info from the MRI?

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.

Hi. I have relapsing remitting MS. I was diagnosed at 36. I have been taking pain meds (neurontin for a while, then lyrica, now carbamazapin) as well as receiving Solu-Medrol IV treatments (every 2 1/2 months for 4 days - 1/2 hr). I was laid off, had cobra, but it ran out by Sept 2012. My neurologist gave me my last treatment then. I hadn't had really much "MSy" type symptoms for a while, that is, till the end of February...a bit of the usual achiness, some numbness.

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.

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