Dexamethasone symptoms and conditions

I received an injection from my doctor of what I thought was depo-medrol.
He gave me this injection in my upper arm. I now have an indentation in my arm.(I can put my finger in it.). The next time I got a shot, his nurse gave it to me and, again, I thought it was depo-medrol. I showed her the area from my last shot. She said "oh, a shot can't do that". Then, she gave me the injection in the same arm. (different spot). It was so quick, I did not have time to say not in the arm. This time it felt like someone pouring acid on my arm. I have never felt anything like it! I told her that it hurt. It was getting more painful, by th time I reached check-out. I was feeling overwhelmingly sick, and lots of pain. I asked for the doctor. He showed me the bottle that was given (dexamethasone) He said it was the same medicine that he had given me last shot. I showed him the indentation. He thought I was just having a reaction of anxiety from getting a shot.
This indentation in my arm seems to be growing. Now it is in an "L" shape and skin is red. I thought I heard him tell the girl at the desk that he gave me a shot of Kenalog, but he showed me the other bottle? I don't believe that these are the same medicine, but it sounds like the same symptoms.
My previous doctor's nurse used to give me the steroid shots in my buttocks. I never had any problems with them. If someone knows how to deal with this issue. let me know. I just want the spot to stop growing, and it is painful.

My husband entered the hospital in Nov of 2005 for a surgery. He almost died in the recovery room and from there things went from bad to worse. They put him on a massive dosage of Prednisone. 95 days later we were able to come home. About 2 weeks later he started vomiting and lost all energy. We returned to the hospital and the diagnosis came down as acute adrenal insufficiency. He was pumped full of Prednisone again. From there he went to a very slow wean and he got completely off the drug. No problems. This year he suffered a fall resulting in extreme trauma and blood loss. Back to the hospital where it was determined that his adrenals were again in crisis. Got him all mended and on the way out the door when a nurse decided that he should have a pneumovax. Within 24 hours we were back in the hospital with my husband in critical condition with three life threatening situations. His kidneys were shutting down, his blood pressure was beyond the danger zone (low) and he had cellulitis. Back home again to another slow wean. We are down to 5mg now and are hopeful at the next appointment to be able to start weaning further and back to zero. We were given Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate for injection in case of any trauma in the future. In addition, my husband now wears a MediAlert bracelet which notes his condition and that in case of accident/trauma Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate is to be given. Anyone on steroids should register with MediAlert at ******

What everyone needs to know is that the adrenals are responsible for a person's feeling of well being. When you are on a steroid, you need to wean very, very slowly to let your adrenals start doing the job on their own. The reason Prednisone is often prescribed is that it comes in as low of a dosage as 1mg and can be split 4 ways for 1/4th mg per dosage. For those that cannot tolerate Prednisone, Hydrocortisone is available. 10 mg of Hydrocortisone is the same as 2.5 mg of Prednisone. Hydrocortisone can also be split.

I have just finished Levaquin 500m once a day for 10 days for a horrible sinus infection that would not go away with Zithromax. I am about to finish my Dexpak(dexamethasone) tapered dose in 4 days. I have taken Levaquin and dexamethasone before with no problems. This time I have insomnia and the worst joint pain. I am 33 years old and 135 pounds I feel like an inactive obese 70 year old. I can't sleep right now because my joints are killing me. It is even hard to sit on the toilet and get off the toilet. I find my food sits in my chest. I have started taking Probiotics and I put a heating pad on my chest which feels like a board after I eat. I am glad I am finished the medication and only hope I start feeling better. Good luck everyone.

I Have ms I just found out. They thought I had a brain tumor and the admitted me to the hospital and started treating me immediately with Prendisone.It has just been horrible do you hear me horrible!! after I weened off of them the moon face became horrible. I have knee pain and they swell. my legs and feet and stomach. I have swelling in my back that looks like a buffalo hump. It is horrible.please help me. I feel so unattractive I just cant help it. I am very grateful that it has helped me. I was numb on my entire right side that is another reason why they put me on it. I am glad that is gone, but I almost think I would rather deal with the numbness than I would all of this. It is really scary because nobody said anything to me about how it was going to effect me. Actually the nurses said that there were no side effects to worry about. well let me tell you it has been one roller coaster; i was pumped full of the Prednisone through an IV for thirteen days straight in the hospital,, then was sent home and was given the pill form. all together I have been on the Prednisone for 26 days straight. I will just be so grateful when all of this subsides.All I want for Christmas is to get this swelling off of me and get rid of the moon face and the joint pain. is that tooooo much to ask my goodness. I am so glad that I found this site. it has really been most helpful. I hope everyone out there has better luck with this than I have. it sounds like allot of people have problems. thanks

My eye infection has gotten a little red. I experienced light headedness along with mood swings. I'm not sure if I was reacting to the dexamethasone but I did experience some unexplained feelings of anger.