PredniSONE autoimmune liver disease, moon face, azathioprine, wh, cheeks
I have been on 10 mgs of prednisone for 3 years, along with azathioprine wh/ tricks my body into thinking it has more prednisone in it. Since the time I have taken it, I've developed the moon face, flushed cheeks, and I've gained 21#'s although my ap - 51% more...
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This is a case of mind over matter. I have been on prednisone for 27 years due to Lupus. When you feel hungry, drink a lot of water. You must get your mind focus on things you enjoy doing. You need to allow the medication to control your liver diseas - 60% more...
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Side effects after STOPPING prednisone? Please help!
Hello, I had a severe allergic reaction two weeks ago to an unknown substance, and they gave me prednisone thru IV at the ER. Then they sent me home with a 15 day taper of tablets...60mg for 5 days, 40mg for 5 days, and finally 20 mg for 5 days. They - 84% more... -
I have been on prednisone for 7 months due to drug induced lupus caused by the ance medication 'solodyn'. I have been off pred for 3 weeks but the withdrawal symptoms seem to be still occuring and are almost as bad as the lupus itself. My face is bro - 45% more...
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Thank God for this site!!!! I thought I was going insane and getting sick all over again. Thank God I did not run back to the doctor they might have gave me more? I was working in my garden and broke out a a bad rash. When I went to the doctor he pre - 92% more...
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I am 33 years old and have been experiencing a Lupus flare for the last three years. I have been on Prednisone consistently for those three years and have lost about 60% of my hair. I am now on 2mg per day (down from 60mg) and have noticed a huge inc - 80% more...
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PredniSONE fever with chills, painful hands, mystery illness, swollen hands, prednisolone
First, let me say that these medical issues and side effects we are all dealing with are nothing to laugh at. With that said, I have to thank you for sharing your stories - and for making me laugh out loud. Not because the stories or info were humoro - 87% more... -
So, here we are, August 29 - almost two months after my first post...had so much pain a few days after that post, that my rheumatologist changed my dosage to 60 mg of prednisone for a week, then 40 for a week, then 30, etc - over the last 6 weeks,I h - 84% more...
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PredniSONE body hair loss, systemic lupus, moon face, eight months, matter of time
hi, im a 17 year old female & i was recently diagnosed with systemic lupus. i was unfortunately put on 100 mg of prednisone daily & up til now have only been tapered down to 70 mg daily. its been eight months since i was diagnosed. the side e - 63% more... -
PredniSONE bone density loss, hand numbness, razor blade, ana titers, distended gallbladder
CANNOT QUIT EATING EVERYTHING IN SIGHT!!! Started on a 20mg taper. 20 for 7 days, 10 for 7 and 5mg for 6 days. Saw doc on week 2 and it had got rid of my parathesia (bilateral hands) within about a day.....BUT...He decided to stay at 10mg for two mor - 92% more... -
PredniSONE cherry on top, teenage girl, lupus, personality, stress
Ok so im 16 years old, and Ive been diagnosed with lupus since abt last year. I started taking prednisone Jan 2010, and boy was that the worst thing that could of happened to me at the time. I was going through a lot of stress already like crzy stuff - 66% more... -
hi, i was recently diagnosed with lupus as well.in december of last year & put on 100mg of prednisone a day now im down to 70mg a day( 8 months later) but with all the side effects i know how you feel. i cant wait till my doctor starts taking me - 35% more...
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PredniSONE diet changes, prednisone, sle, 7 months, abdomen
Hey Guys, I'm new to all this but just wanted to share my story with everyone so I feel like i'm not so alone! I'm 23 and was diagnosed with SLE 3 years ago. It started in my joints and then moved to my kidney's real fast. I now have stage 4 nephriti - 79% more... -
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i know how you feel...i was diagnose with SLE lupus since 2007 and have been on prednison ever since ..i don't look like myself anymore either it get me really depress sometime with the weight gain and the moon face, even though i work out my stomach - 40% more...
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PredniSONE moon face, gaining weight, couple hours, tremors, ankles
Im 16 ive been on prednisone for exactly 3 months now. I started at 80 mg and the doctors tapered me too quickly (or they think they did) and i had a seizure and went back into the ER and then got put on 1,000...YES...1000 MG for 3 days and then put - 73% more... -
Yea my lupus test came back positive but they still think it's something else for some reason. They are still testing for lots of random diseases.
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OH MY GOODNESS!! and i tho i was on a lot at 80...that was literally the worst time of my life...wut were u taking it for? Im 16 too, but i have lupus.
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Distended lower abdomen and prednisone treatment
Starting in November 2009, my lower abdomen became distended and I gained 5 pounds as a result. Since I have lupus, my doctor ran the lupus panel of blood tests and everything appeared normal - no inflammation. The doctor wasn't convinced by the resu - 86% more... -
Consider the notion that the prednisone may have done nothing at all to assist in your digestion. There are a few scenarios you would have to investigate to determine the real culprit. First, the assumption here is that your digestive tract is gettin - 86% more...
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PredniSONE variable weakness, voluntary muscles, steady gaze, neuromuscular disorder, predisone
I was diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis for 6 months know. It's a neuromuscular disorder characterized by variable weakness of voluntary muscles, which often improves with rest and worsens with activity. The condition is caused by an abnormal immune r - 85% more... -
hi i was diagnised with mg last april 2009, i have also lupus, but its not bad as myasthenia gravis, is very horrible, is kind of killing me softly i cant move my arms , legs, my eyes always droop every day, i cant do what ever i want i cant go out b - 41% more...
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PredniSONE side effects of prednisolone, prednisolone, binding material, death bed, general practitioners
I just came across this site & noted that the side effects of prednisolone are confused with allergic reactions. Many general practitioners & patients do not understand while specialist hail it as a miraculous drug which as a patient I fully - 81% more... -
hi im a lupus patient for 20 years have you been in steroid up to now, me i got high dose coz i have myasthenia gravis is so horrible disease, i dont i have these disease ihave lupus and now mg, worse than lupus is killing me softly. now maybe if i c - 17% more...
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PredniSONE pulmonary fibrosis, chronic asthma, parnets, breathing treatments, legs and feet
I was born with very chronic Asthma and to parnets that should have never been parnets. Also I was born in 1969 when what Doctors used a different things then today. I as a child slept with a tent around my bed that locked and zipped from the outside - 90% more... -
Do not feel sorry for yourself. I know what it feels like on when can all the pains is going to stop. I am from Singapore, South East Asia, & surprise that your doctors & mother do not know how to treat Asthma which is common in our polluted - 88% more...
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PredniSONE night sweats, mood swings, heart rate, ankles, lupus
I am a 24 yo who started 60 mg of prednisone daily about 7 weeks ago for lupus. I had the mood swings with this crazy twitchy feeling for the first two weeks or so, along with the night sweats and having to get up to go to the bathroom around 5 times - 71% more... -
PredniSONE long periods of time, pretty moon, old grandmother, multiple health, adrenal failure
My daughter, who has just turned 19 has Lupus, and has been taking Prednisone for 2 years. We are still learning about this disease, the medicine and the side affects. She has been suffering constantly with the Heartburn, weight gain, weight loss and - 64% more... -
I am the vice President of the Lupus Newfoundland & Labrador and I also have Lupus and have just been put on Prednisone but only 25mg for vasculitis. I have had lupus for 20 years and have been lucky in the sense that I could deal with what it th - 54% more...
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Hey there I'm 16 years old and has been told by my doctors that I have lupus yet my other doctor thinks its the cousin (i forgot the name, tissue something) They are still trying to figure this out which means that Ive spent a lot of time at the doct - 78% more...
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PredniSONE skin allergy, allergy test, kind of heart, heart problem, pulmonologist
I took prednisone about 4-5 years ago for labyrinthitis (inner ear inflamation) and it caused numbness in my cheek. My doctor decided to put me on prednisone for a week and get an MRI after that to see what was up. I felt very weird on the prednisone - 82% more... -
What a relief to read your comments. I'm on an 8-week course of Prednisone for a bad lupus flare up and have some weird dreams, not to mention anxiety. My heart was banging so hard the other night it felt as if it was going to come through my chest w - 61% more...
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PredniSONE myocardial infarct, one of the lucky ones, nsw north coast, gloom and doom, registered nurse
I am 55 and was diagnosed with Lupus (SLE) in 1982. What a ride it has been. The main things were 2 myocardial infarct's first in 1984 and 2nd in 1998 - this one nearly did me in. Emergency triple by-pass saved the day. Since then we have moved to th - 72% more... -
PredniSONE lupus nephritis, immuran, cellcept, opionion, nephrologist
I have been on prednisone 15mg,plaquneil 200mg,cellcept 1750mg everyday for the past 19years. I have chronic Lupus Nephritis ever since I was 8yrs old. But recently I had a major relapse so thats why I am currenlty on alot of meds. But I want to get - 42% more... -
WOW!! I am on these three drugs too plus several more!! I was diagnosed with Lupus Nephritis about 1 year ago. I had to undergo chemo (Cytoxan) for six months and have developed many other ailments from from the prednisone such has cataracts, weight - 67% more...
