MEDROL Reviews (METHYLPREDNISOLONE)Average Rating: 2.4 (354 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MEDROL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MEDROL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Sinus Cogestion | Gave me severe anxiety attacks almost every day. It was very frightening. | I do not recommend taking this medicine., it's evil! | F | 50 | 6 days 4mg 3X day | 2/7/2014 | 3 | costochondritis/pain in rib | I have no side effects at all. This is my fourth day on it and seems like the declining of the 6 day pack is making my symptoms come back so it only works for as long as I'm taking it. I used to have pressure and dizziness in my head as well as chest pain and they all go away when I pop a Medrol. But I have to keep taking it out my symptoms will come back. I guess I have more inflammation in my body than I initially thought but I loved it for the first 2 days. No pain no nothing but now its coming back :-( | F | 28 | 4 days 4 | 1/29/2014 | 5 | old root canal had problems | After reading reviews I was terrified to take this drug, but I was wrong. Though taken for tooth my knees don't ache, I'm not tired and was able to do more than usual. I had very good experience. My body must have been full of inflammation. | At least for me, it had a good effect. I didn't realize how tired I was. Instead of being grouchy, I actually felt so good I was nicer. Don't know how it'll feel once completely out of my system - only took for 6 days | F | 58 | 6 days 4mg 1X day | 1/21/2014 | 2 | skin rash on thighs and stomach | Extreme anxiety, jittery, face flushing, hot flashes, headaches, racing heart 160 bpm and elevated blood pressure. Had to be taken to the ER. Do not take without having a anti anxiety pill teady | F | 31 | 6 days 4 | 1/6/2014 | 2 | Spine surgery inflammation | Extreme facial flushing and burning on 4th day. I suffer burning mouth syndrome and it flared that up terribly. Lots of neck, back and shoulder pain on the 4th day. Won't ever take it again. | F | 65 | 6 days 4mg | 11/15/2013 | 2 | Lower back pain | High blood pressure. Normal for me was 118/72. After 3 days on dosepack, it was 157/94. Very irritable. Never had an anger problem, but got into major argument with wife and kids for no good reason. Up and down with feeling good and feeling rotten. | After two days, pain subsided. Six days later, pain is back, but not as pronounced or widespread. I guess the drug did its job to some degree, but not enough for the sacrifices I made with my body to take this. Just hoping I fully recover back to normalcy. | M | 51 | 6 days 4 Mg 4X day | 9/26/2013 | 5 | Respiratory/bronchitis | There were no side effects. Have taken this numerous times with great success. | This was 6-day step down of 4mg each tablet, ie: first day 6 tabs, last day 1. Took this for bronchitis but it also helped pain and stiffness of trigger thumb. | F | 69 | 6 days 1X day | 9/14/2013 | 1 | Dizziness, Tinitis, Labyrinthitis | Severe headache and stomach ache. The feeling that I am "climbing out of my own skin". I argued with my doctor that I despise this medicine from past uses, but he said to try again. HUGE mistake. I will NEVER take this again, and I will be tapering off drastically to get off of it permanently. My ears are still ringing and may even be worse. This horrible drug has completely ruined my vacation. Oddly, taking prednisone 3,3,3,2,2,2,1,1,1,1 works FAR better and has zero side effects except hunger. It is one thing to take dosepack for the first time and realize its not for you, but for the doctor to tell me to try it again and that it would be fine was my own stupid fault for listening. It is unfortunate that it helps a small minority of people since it is devastating to those who cannot take it without severe and extreme misery. Useless drug. Just say NO! | F | 52 | 5 days 4mg each 6X day | 8/11/2013 | 5 | fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis | Anxiety, depression, irritability. | In so much pain from the fibro that pain management offered me morphine and nerve root ablation for pain. Hands were the worst. They felt like they had been slammed in a car door. Neck pain, headaches, pain down both arms and legs. Medrol pack has helped me tremendously at least for a while, but I had to take klonopin to relax. | F | 55 | 6 days 1X day | 8/1/2013 | 3 | ankle and foot inflammation & pain | Within 12 hours of my beginning the 4 mg dosepak I awoke with violent diarrhea and vomiting that lasted two hours. Second day I feel nauseas but pleased that 50 percent of the pain is alleviated. | Also anxiety has increased and racing thoughts. | F | 46 | 2 days 3X day | 7/30/2013 | 4 | nerve pain in leg after knee replac | I am on day 1, and so far I've only had stomach upset. It is 3am so I guess sleeplessness. But the pain I was having was keeping me up nights anyways. So far I'm loving it. | F | 42 | 1 days dosepak | 7/24/2013 | 1 | Tendinitis of wrist | Severe nausea, severe anxiety w. uncontrollable bouts of crying | Methyl prednisolone 6-day dosepak. Started feeling side effects when I noticed it bringing down the inflammation. Side effects seem to be subsiding as inflammation is returning. Evil drug. Hoping I haven't done myself irreversible damage. | F | 41 | 6 days 4 mg 6X O | 7/20/2013 | 2 | Autoimmune Disease | If you have any mental illness use with caution. | I find that while taking the Mendrol Pak, I experienced an acute, very intense increase with the following ANXIETY SLEEPING ****OCD****** TYPE SYMPTOMS DEPRESSION | M | 41 | 4 5X day | 7/18/2013 | 3 | Inflammation - ac joints arthritis) | I have a/c joint arthritis and related shoulder problems from playing sports at a very high level for my whole life (competitive swimming was one - 16k yards a day practices, etc). Then got blind sided in a driver side car accident which tweaked c5 c6 c7 in my neck and L1. Medrol is a double edged sword. Reducing the inflammation and pain reduction was amazing - best I've felt in a while (physically). However, mentally "wow" - you get a lot more alert and energetic but after the first day the racing thoughts and newly found vicious insomnia, and I don't sleep well to start make you wish you never took it, lol. I mean 4 days with maybe 2 hours of sleep tops - from just pure sleep deprevation/exhaustion leads to being anxious, jittery and wanting to jump out of your skin - but you can't. You have to just ride it out. I'm apparently very sensitive to Medrol/steroids as I'd only taken 8 mg total in 2 days. I'd be more verbose but typing this on my phone. Net - pain wise - feel great but that insomnia, inability to shut off mentally and the side effects that causes - like a bad chain reaction for days (longest days of your life or so it feels). Hopefully this pain relief lasts a few weeks now that the insomnia has broken and related side effects have subsided, making those miserable few days worth it. So a 10/10 for pain relief but a -1 for the experience. There has to be something else out there that can reduce inflammation without the side effects that Medrol lend. | M | 39 | 2 days 4 mg | 7/8/2013 | 2 | Inflamation from root canal | Severe heartburn, anxiety and major joint and muscle pain, which is odd as I heard I would feel pretty good due to decreased inflammation overall. Weird. Thinking of stopping on third day. | F | 51 | 2 days 30 6X day | 7/4/2013 | 1 | inflamed tendons due to arm injury | Lower back pain, headache, lightheaded, blurred vision, could not think clearly, red face, blood pressure went up, tired, chest pain, anxiety, heart racing, abdominal pain, weight loss, anger, swollen throat and tongue, racing thoughts, itching, unable to sleep | F | 38 | 1 days 4mg | 6/23/2013 | 5 | inner ear viral infection | no side effects | helped my inner ear viral infection and helped me sleep at night, this is a good drug | M | 43 | 6 days 4mg 1X O | 6/16/2013 | 2 | reduce inflammation for route canal | GI upset: burning hot feeling in stomach, bowel irratibility, naseua, decreased appetite NIGHT SWEATS (drenching 6 pair of pajamas on night 5) INSOMNIA (lack of "need" for sleep), AGITATION, INCREASED ANGER/IRRITABILITY, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, JITTERS, RESTLESSNESS, ACNE, PEELING SKIN, Hyperactivity, Extreme mood disturbance | Patients should be told about the effect on mood. Knowing that the medication you are taking could be the reason you are experiencing crippling anxiety/extreme irratibility/other depressive symptoms GREATLY reduces the impact these symptoms have on the patient. I wish someone would've said "don't be alarmed if you feel a little bit more irritable than normal for the next several days....it's common to experience some mood disturbance while on this medication but you should contact your doctor if it feels like it's influencing your mood too much." I had no idea what an impact it would have on my mental state so I assumed that my marked irritability, quickness to anger, and inability to calm myself down after becoming angry were entirely psychological and probably indicative of the need for psychiatric medication and/or therapy. It's scary to experience major mood disturbance that keeps getting worse by the day and have no idea why. | F | 33 | 14 days 4mg PAK 5X day | 6/16/2013 | 5 | chest wall inflamation | Slight nausea, mood swings, headache. Minus the mood swings which for me are already bad enough, this was an amazing drug, after day 1 I had relief in my chest from the fluid build, and could actually breath again. After trying other medications and failing I'm glad I was given this one!!! | F | 24 | 1 days 6 day | 5/30/2013 | 3 | Meniere's symptoms w/ hearing loss | Flushed face. Inability to sleep. Eyelids Twitching | F | 52 | 7 days 4 3X day | 5/15/2013 |