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Posted at 3:49 PM on Sep 28, 2008 by readytogo12367, #35045
I have asthma and have been prescribed prednisone several times for it. Every time i take it i break out in an awful acne looking rash all over my arms and my chest and sometimes even my face. it doesn't start until about 3 days after i have started the medicine and it doesn't go away for about 2 weeks and it itches the whole time. I told my doctors that every time they would try to prescribe it and they did not believe me they said no one could be allergic to prednisone but it has happened to me 6 times now and it has never happened before i had prednisone or on many other medicine since then.i finally got them to switch the steroid to a different kind but every kind seems to do it. i had to refuse steroids the last time i was in the hospital for my asthma they just would not accept that i could not take the medicine.
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Reply 6 months ago on May 05, 2009 by liv_19, #19541

hey ..in february i had an alergic reaction to some medication and was in the hospital for two weeks..they had me on high amounts of steroids (like 160)..when i finally left i was on 60 mg twice a day. that tapered down and down.. well now im on 7.5 in the morning and i have that same rash you talk about and the itching is unbelievable. i had the same itchy rash when they tried to drop me on steroids sooner. the doctor contributed the itch to dropping too fast but im really frustrated with it. idk what to tell you but its nice talking to someone with the same problem. i cant sleep through the night without adarax or even adavan which sucks because it worsens your memory and makes me really drwosy at school. any good tricks you have for the itching?

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