Solumedrol tapering
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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.
At Mayo clinic they do 5 days IV solumedrol without tapering. This is their current procedure for MS. So tapering appears to be just additional overdose.
Other doctors who are unaware of the new developments still do tapering.
In the case with my son, the first neurologist in the hospital advised on 3 days IV. Then she was off. My son was up in 3 days. A second doctor showed up and seeing the improvement boosts the dose. No further improvements just side effects.
t need tapering. Also, the common side effects of solumedrol include increased appetite, increased energy and irritability, insomnia and upset stomach.
Hope this helped and do keep us posted.
My regular opthamologist confirmed what I thought was going on a week later, we both were in contact with my neurologist the next day, and I was started on SoluMedrol on Feb 25. You guys can probably guess the course of steroids, but it was three days of IV SoluMedrol, followed by a 14-day tapering off with oral prednisone, of which I'm still taking.
My question is, when will my normal (or near normal) vision return?
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.
Hey guess I need some advice on this please. I was on 100 mg a day for a week now I'm tapering down to 4 everyother day.iI'm going in to my second week of the 4 every other day. Couple days ago I was getting headaches now today 30 min after I was feeling shortness of breath than it went away is this caused by the medication. It happen twice today in the morning after I took first two pills and during lunch.it scared me badddd..
I just got home from the hospital, as I finally took the advice of being put on solumedrol during a flare (always been scared!) Well, it didn't turn out as bad as I thought - got palpitations immediately, and on my 2nd day, I kept breaking out in a sweat, and my blood sugar got up to almost 200. No biggy. I'm now starting to feel better, into my 4th day and I've started to taper.
Wow, didn't need to get slammed for providing feedback on a drug that has so far proved its usefullness to me in 3 days. I spoke with a number of people who have used both Acthar and SoluMedrol (I've never tried IVSM), and most will never use SoluMedrol again, too many side effects that actually happen vs. few if any on Acthar. This includes one woman who went from wheelchair to walking in 5 days.
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 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...
QqThank You for your responses. I just finished 3 days of solumedrol and am beginning the tapering. The neuro said if this didn't help it would probably be from paresthesias. I had severve ringing in left ear, couldn't hear most of the time, numbness on left side of forehead, pain in left jaw, eye and droopy eyelid on leftside. Most disturbing is this super loud ringing would cause me to be totally disoriented for 30 seconds to a minute.
I started rebif and solumedrol at the same time in July, but call your doctor.. Are call the MS lifelines??
t used it for MS patients for quite a while because most or all tolerate the solumedrol fairly well. Wish me luck. If insurance accepts it I will start the end of this month. I'd love any feed back you guys may have on it...don't know what to expect.
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.
coming with hat in hand is how in te world do ones manage the bizarre psychotic type side effects from the IV solumedrol? I just finished yet another five course today and frankly I had hugs melt down scared my caegiver.. and fnally made th eprimary car e doc understand thath 72 hours of mania, depression, wailing, and all that jazz was no acceptable.
This is the first time I have dome them in a home setting versus in patient..could that be afcator? or am I just a little nutty...
I just finished a course of 5 days of IV solumedrol for my MS. I am very concerned about the severe depression I am experiencing. Any information?
i have a PICC line as I have been going through a 2 mnth relapse with my MS and I finally gave in and went to the hospital....of course it is solumedrol pumping through it but its way different than when I had an IV port last year...question though; I feel so dizzy and have feelings l want to pass out at times even though I don't pass out. is it because of the PICC with solumedrol that is giving me a different experience?
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