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Prednisone I am 17yrs old and i take prednisone. I was diagn...

Posted at 8:48 PM on May 31, 2008 by applejacks, #30988
Prednisone I am 17yrs old and i take prednisone. I was diagnosed with kidney falier when i was 13. i had my transplant at 15. well I have come to hate prednisone, I use to be 127lbs and now well lets just say i am way above that. Today i went online to find out how to reverse the side effects of the stupid medication but i can't.If you take the time to read this you should really look up cushing disease because you might want to know what that is if you are taking prednisone.No matter what i do i still gain weight.One time i went to on of my Ann Arbor checkup's and my food doctor said i was not eating enough i was on the line of developing an eating disorder.I have asked my doctors how to get rid of these horrible side effects and all they say is exercise,exercise.Well i am always active and still no results.They always check me for some of the side effects that i read above like the yellow in your eye, the lumps in your armpits swelling in my legs etc. well i hope you never have to take this medication if you do then you know what i am saying.
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Reply 5 months ago on Jun 16, 2008 by dima82, #9230

Hi, You can eliminate some of the prednisone’s side effects with high-quality nutritional supplements. I’m sure you know that all corticosteroids increase calcium excretion, and therefore, make sure that you multi-vitamin complex contains enough for daily needs and for Ca losses associated with long-term prednisone intake. I’d also highly recommend 2-3mg of Boron (it’ll slow increased Ca excretion). Douglas Labs has a great, and relatively inexpensive, Boron formula:
http://www.douglaslabs.com/product.cfm?litm=7406-250X#
Prednisone depletes lots of important vitamins and minerals from the body, so, why not to take balanced and high-potency multi-vitamin-mineral complex? Here’re two excellent examples from the Douglas Labs:
http://www.douglaslabs.com/product.cfm?litm=45410-120X

If money is an issue, take a look at this one:
http://www.douglaslabs.com/product.cfm?litm=7454-180X
BTW, have you asked your medical/transplantation team about corticosteroids’ alternatives? If there’re no alternatives, what did they recommend to offset prednisone’s side effects?

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