I have been on pred for 2 years off and on for Temporal Arteriti...

I've been on prednisone for several years. For about a week now i have had really bad tooth aches. Its in almost every tooth. I do have some dental work to be done and was blaming it on that but i did not think it was possible for the pain to be in all teeth. Do u think prednisone causes this teeth pain? I never had any problem before.

I was very relieved to read your posting describing your symptoms while weaning off of Prednisone. I was on it for three years while I had polymyalgia rheumatica, a syndrome that usually lasts about a year, but mine dragged on for about three. I've decreased by about 1 mg every 2 to 3 weeks.This may be a bit fast but i just can't stand to be on it any longer. I have the tissuepaper thin skin on my forearms that tears withh the slightest brush and bruises just as easily. I also have the moon face, the 35 lb weight gain, rollercoaster blood sugars eye damage, grossly malformed toenails and muscle weakness. Those are my ON PREDNISONE joys. My weaning symptoms include shakiness, lethargy,itching of my arms, hands, shoulders and neck. However, my worst problem is teethaching. At first it would start about half an hour after exercising and I assumed it was due to increased circulation. It starts as a little twinge in one tooth and slowly spreads to all my teeth and increases in intensity until it's unbearable.I've been to my dentist and he checked me out thoroughly. Other than reminding me that the Pred does soft tissue damage and this could be related, he was baffled. Now it's starting to happen out of the blue.What I'm hoping is that this will end when I'm off the stuff completely. Anyone have any information on this?

Thank you for the info. I've been on this lovey drug now for over two years had gained over 30lb. I now look like a line backer huge arms and big round face. Teeth problems and lack of energy I hate this stuff. I have been coming off 1mg a month. Thank God no itching. Trying very hard to lose the weight with no luck bounce back and fourth all the time. Will be a Grandma for the first time and very upset that I'll have no energy to play with my Grandson.. Anybody with weight loss and this junk please let me know!!!!

How did the itching turn out?