Low Dose Side Effects....a Few Questions for Anyone Who Can Help
Posted over a year ago
i took 40 mg of prednisone a day for 7 days and i have been off the drug for about 48 hours and i'm experiencing anxiety problems that are making me worry and my heart often feels like it it going to beat out of my chest. i was just wondering if this is normal for a low dose short term treatment like i had and how long until i feel back to normal. thanks
Fatcat - Of course, everybody reacts differently while take or withdraw. But there are high number of people who react terribly bad!!! Doctors do not want to recognize and discuss this. They just keep silent... Do you know exactly how Prednisone works??? Nobody knows this for sure, even doctors!!! From my personal experience, and despite gradual withdrawal, I developed extremely high blood pressure, weakness, panic attacks, depression! Practically it ruined my normal life! Doctors have no clue how to deal with its devastating side effects. Steroids are not selective. When you take a steroid, the drug infiltrates the nucleus of every single one OF YOUR CELLS AND STARTS MONKEYING AROUND WITH GENES IT FINDS THERE!!! It probably plays with hundreds of genes. And just a small number of these genes control the pain and inflamation associated with inflamatory diseases, so steroids turn many of these genes off which is good thing. However, because steroids sre not selsctive, they also regulate the genes that control kidney, liver, BRAIN, and HEART function - which is not good thing!!! It is likely that steroid treatment plays with other genes, too, including those we do not know about a lot right now...So, Prednosone pervades the entire body, which increases the likelihood of short-term side effects and long-term DAMAGE. My advice is: THINK TWICE BEFORE TAKING PREDNISONE!!!
Ashlie - I got a dose pack that was like 22 pills to take over 5 days (8 the first day, then 6 and so on down to one on the last day). I was given this for a sinus infection and bronchitis. No one told me there were any side effects. Well 5 days later and my belly is swollen like a balloon and it hurts like hell I can't even touch it. In top of that I have terrible chest and back pain and my legs are swollen and have weird shooting pains, my stomach feels like a mixture of hunger and bad heartburn constantly. Basically I'm in pain all over and the worst part is that my sinus pressure is still there and my cough has not proved either!!! I'm getting married in 3 months and have been working hard and lost 10 pounds over the last month, and now I feel like I've gained it all back plus some in 5 days!! How can this be? I am so angry!!! I can't take off work either without sacrificing vacation time for my honeymoon. It's miserable!!!!
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