Solu-Medrol and solumedrol

I TOO HAVE HAD SIDE AFFECTS,BUT LIKE EXSPLAINED ALREADY,I AM GLAD THERE IS THIS DRUG,I HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED 2.5 YRS AGO WITH CIDP AND I TAKE IVIV INFUSION EVERY MONTH, I USE THE SOLUMEDROL FOR PROTECTION AGAINST THE SIDE AFFECTS OF THE IVIG,( I HAVE HAS ASSEPTIC MENNINGITIS 2 X PRIPOR TO THEM STARTING ME ON THE SOLUMEDROL
I AM ALSO ON BENADRYL FOR ALLERGIC REACTION DURING TREAT WHICH DRIP HAS TO BE AT A VERY LOW RATE STARTS AT 50 DRIPS AND THEY EVENTUALY GET THE IVIG UP TO 125 ,TAKES 5 HRS ,I CANT HAVE IT ANY FASTER ,TO MANY ADVERSE SIDE AFFECTS
LATELY I AM ANXIOUS RESTLESS IRRATABLE, HUNGRY AS ALL GET OUT THE FIRST 4 DAYS AFTER TREATMENT I HAVE GAINED 50 LBS I AM DEPRESSED,AND SO WORRIED ABOUT THE HEPERIN RECALL AS WELL ,THEY USE IT DURING MY TREATMENTS TO PREVENT BLOOD CLOTS
SO IS IT LL WORTH IT ,,WELL WHEN I AM SICK I WOULD SAY NO,,BUT I HAVE ABOUT A 10 DAY PERIOD A MONTH WHERE I FEEL REALLY WELL AND I AM STRONGER AND I DONT FALL ALL THE TIME AND MY NEUROPATHY IS NOT CRIPPLING ME, BUT ARE THE SIDE AFFECTS I AM EXSPRIENCING NORMAL , ( OH I TOOK ASPERIN FOR HEADACHE WHICH IS SO BAD AFTER TREATMENT AND WORSE WHEN SOLUMEDROL WEARS OFF ,I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE ,NO ONE TOLD ME THESE DRUGS CAN NOT BE MIXED ,MY VISION PREVENTED ME FROM READING ABOUT IT
ANYWAYS THERE IS MY STORY

my bf had an asthma attack and was given a iv injection of solumedrol at the emergency. when we got home he slept for 3 hours then got up in a bad mood. my daughters boyfriend started some arguing with him and my boyfriend was violent. we have lived together for 4 years and NEVER has he even raised his voice. he was irrational and very, very loud. this drug made him very angry and hyper. he said he felt like his adrenalin was through the roof. after work he came home and was calmer but his eyes were bothering him. (all day they bothered him) i will not let him take this injection again. this guy could drink a bottle of tequila and not be loud or violent. he is a very calm man. the hospital said he would have no side effects to really speak of. it took all i had to try to calm him. he also had 5 doses of albuterol inhalation and 3 doses of ipratroprium brom inhaled. could be combo of all, i don't know. but never again solu-medrol

I have not been diagnosed with MS yet but have had 3 bouts of Optic Neuritis and this is the second time they are putting me on 3 day iv 1g solumedrol. I had to taper with prednisone last time and it caused a lot of pain in my knees and alot of anger/crying. I'm on day two of the solumedrol and feel very anxious, strange, crying, leg pain, crazy? I wish I could find an effective way of lessoning these side effects...i'm trying Chamommile tea & vitamins B's at 3am hopefully it will help.

I was on solumedrol for copd 3 days than tapering dose of prednisone.I had extreme anxiety/anger.heart pounding,sleeplessness,contd dizziness, vague unease. off steroids 2 days now,still have side effects to some degree.

This is about my 4th or 5th time being infused w/solumedrol 1 gram for 3 days. I have been diagnosed w/MS for about 7 years. I have experienced joint pain but only when one doctor did not put me on a prednisone taper.
Overall, I am apreciative to the makers of this drug because it allows me to walk, button my clothes, cut up vegetabes for my 13 yr old daughter and my husband. Currently I am on my first day of a three day treatment and already I am experiencing the benefits. I am rt handed and it was tighter and feeling like card board, the same with my chest, back, and right leg. I felt like someone had tied a belt around my chest very tightly. It was hard to breath like a chest was on my chest! I am waiting for the nurse to start my IV at 4:00. I inject every Tuesday with Avonex. I REALLY need this medication to work so that I can drive my daughter to school each Wednesday. She is in Independant Studies because I was having vertigo and was afraid to continue driving. I was given a one day treatment of solumedrol in the emergency room. After treatment vertgo stopped. Yippee!!That was 11 months ago. Hot weather, sunlight exaserbates my condition to the 'enth degree. So here I am again hoping my right foot and right leg will get back to almost normal. People that are infirm are happy to receive whatever relief they can get in order to cope better with an illness even though I know that the only true cure for makinds ills can only come from God's Kingdom, but for now God has giver men intelligence to cure some of the illnesses that we face: Cancer - Chemotherapy (20 years ago killed my mom - hardened her lungs) ; Ads, Polio, Measles, TB and the list goes on there are upsides and downsides and it's a slippery slope, but I LOVE THAT I CAN MAKE THAT CHOICE!!! P.S. I have started using some vitamins ( B12,B6, Calcium (as solumedrol does some bone damage) and Vitamin E

I was taking solumedrol for five days for an acute attack of MS. I was fine throughout the treatment the nurse came out to my home and showed me and my son what was to be done each day. I left the drip set to 104 which took around 2 hours to complete. The only things I experienced during the treatment was having a metalic taste in my mouth and sour burps thereafter, something I found helpful for this was to take tums or rolaids before my treatment and maybe one or two afterwards. I did ask the nurse was that something I was supposed to experience and she said yes. On my 5th day I took my medication and took the IV out. A couple days passed and I woke up one morning to looking like I was reliving my puberty years I mean my face was broke out all over, my forehead, cheeks, chin oh and also my back. I don't know if this is one of the side effects but I am putting it up here anyways. I have never had a break out like that before, my face is clearing up now, my back is up together, but I did notice that on my forehead where the bumps have dried up my skin looks different sort of like snake skin, and my cheeks look as if they have a rash. I think it did have something to do with the medication because like I said I have never experienced anything like this before, and my skin has never looked the way it looks now. Hopefully it will pass. On the positive note the medication did help me out with my attack, and I feel like I am back on track and pretty much my old self again.
Shelvia Harlan