solumedrol to medrol conversion

This time I waited about 3 weeks before caving and taking the Solu-Medrol. It helped me from being pretty much severely debilitating to being able to function better. I don't regret taking them. From what I understand about steroids, they are okay as long as you only take them for short periods of time. Anyone else have any info on this?

I have TN, but it did not start until after my solumedrol. The steroids made me fee much worse at first, but then I began to have symptom improvement rapidly after the 5th day post iv solumedrol.

t take off an entire day to go to neuro and check into a hospital for the IV medrol. Are there any other options to manage this? Could my oral medrol pak be suffient? thanks!

What is your actual dx? How is the solu-medrol given to you? Did you have the same reaction the first time as this? What are the doctors saying to you about it? I am currently on my 3rd day dose and although jittery, I am doign okay. It is making symtoms go away. I am sorry I cannot help you Sherry but I am sending you my warmest thoughts and prayers that yuu will get through this. Stay focused on getting better and take care of yourself please.

Hi everyone. Just want to ask you something. Has anyone used cortisone with Copaxone together? is it ok to take the both at the same time??

Hi Angela5674, I haven't had much experience with the solumedrol treatment, but had a course of it in early November last year. One gram daily for 4 days. My disclaimer with my observations is that I had just been diagnosed with MS, it was a complete shock, so I was dealing with that as well as with the treatment itself. My observations: 1. They tell you you may experience "euphoria". There is a fine line between euphoria and what I call "mania".

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.Yesterday I had my 4th monthly Solumedrol IV and also started my period the day before - of course, the flood began after the treatment - maybe it is coincidental, and happens to be in line with pre-menopausal crazy cycles but since September my menses have been brutal compared to the 35 years prior to that.

She told me it is very rare, but not unheard of, to be allergic to steroids. We did skin testing to Solu-Medrol, Solu-Cortef and Decadron. Only the Decadron did not react. So...it is not impossible. I now have my exacerbations treated with Decadron. I wonder if we see this because we with MS tend to get repeated exposure to SM/Decadron. Something I'm planning on discussing with the allergist sometime.

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.

Medrol (methyprednisolone) is identical to Solumedrol, but is the oral form. When we get IV infusions we get 1000mg of it. Each pill in the dose pack is 4 mg. You take 6 tabs the first day, and then 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 the following days. (24mg, 20mg, 16mg, 12mg, 8mg, 4mg). Long ago they established that the lower dose dose not afford the relief in MS, likely because it is not enough to establish any meaningful levels within the brain and spinal cord.

He said I needed three days of solumedrol at 1000 mg each day to close my blood brain barrier and selected Tysabri as the MS drug I will be taking. Frankly, I am more frightened of solumedrol than I am Tysabri,JC virus notwithstanding.So far, I have tried to load up on potassium,a few other basic electrolytes and he told me to get some Pepcid ac to protect my stomach lining. he called me and we discussed that part and he said,"now we're ready to roll.

Hi, Gang~ I'm on the Neurology floor of the hospital I work for ina private room, of course (it pays to work in bed management!). I am awaiting my second 1 gram dose of Solu-Medrol no thanks to my (now former) neuro, but rather to my favorite ER doc whom Icalled ahead to make sure he'd see me and would still be working after my afternoon shift. AFter my fave doc started the Solu-Medrol in EC, he made sure it was oredered on the floor. So, here I wait, getting better and better.

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.

It's got to be hard to be so diligent about keeping your blood sugar in check without oral agents or insulin only to see it zoom up with one dose of steroid. This is a totally expected side effects of the steroid. It's not a question of if or when the blood sugar will go up. Just how high will it go? I wish your doctor had given you some better guidelines about what "watch it" means.

THE INFUSIONS ARE GREAT IN REDUCING THE IMFLAMATION,BUT TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE PLEASE CALL THE HOSPITAL.ANOTHER SIDE EFFECT OF SOLU-MEDROL IS HIGH GLUCLOSE LEVELS AND THAT CAN MAKE A PERSON AGGITATED,SO HAVE THEM CHECK YOUR SUGAR LEVELS. THE STEROIDS I HAVE HAD IS OUT OF THE NORM BUT I HAVE HAD MANY ATTACKS,WHICH MOST WERE STRESSED INDUCED,DAUGHTER GOING INTO THE NAVY, A NEIGHBOR GUY BREAKING INTO MY HOME AT 3 AM AND A HOUSEFIRE. I HAVE REOCCURRING OPTICAL NEURITIS IN BOTH EYES.

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.

These glands seem to like it when steroid supplements send them on vacation and are sometimes slow to return to work. I'm sure you will continue your maternal watch and take your concern to the doctor if it doesn't resolve itself soon.

I also still have some tingling in arm/hand, leg/foot, back, head and a tiny bit of numbness, although milder than before the Solumedrol. So, just to clarify my understanding of your response, it might be that these symptoms might be too old and established for the drugs to completely eliminate them?

I think these are pretty good and it gives you an idea as to just how differently it can effect from one patient to another. Hope this helps!

She worked abroad, but she experience to have flare, so came back, and met her neuro. He suggest to take solumedrol, which may help to recover. After the third day, she experienced her balance is better ('nose and index finger test') and her double vision is a little better. She said, she dont tell me, about her 'swallowing experiences' maybe now it is better. What you experienced? - side effect of solu medrol?

Your asthma was clearly uncontrolled and it may well have been necessary for your doctor to have prescribed prednisone/solumedrol. You may have been predisposed to the throat infection by the steroids or the infection may have caused both the sore throat and aggravated the asthma. We can only speculate on the preceding. The good news is that the infection finally seems to have resolved.

Aspen's understanding (see her answer) is in sync with mine, but I'll go a step further ... I believe Solumedrol is useful only in the first days of a relapse. Both episodes I've had Solumedrol, I thought it was great ... I'd love to use it more! Of course, I don't want to feel the way I did to justify its use. You note "harmful" side effects of the DMDs, and I certainly respect those people (including some I know personally) that don't use a DMD.

) The dr said the side effects take 3-5 days to clear, however I have read the steroids can take up to 30 days to leave your system, so I would believe her side effects could last the duration of the steroids in her body.

Welcome back - a week at the beach sounds wonderful to me. I'm glad the weather cooperated and made it a comfortable week too. I've not yet experienced the joy of solu-medrol so I don't know what to tell you about teaching that same day. Hopefully someone out there can jump in and give you some first-hand advice. How about it folks?

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