DEPO-MEDROL Reviews (METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE)Average Rating: 1.9 (145 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare DEPO-MEDROL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DEPO-MEDROL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | contraception | I would say to ANY girl or women considering this to not even think twice. I'm 21 years old and been on the injection for one year then in January 2012 I experienced extremely painful stomach pains which prevented me from walking. I now live on 30mg of codeine (which doesnt touch my pain) and diclofenick for an anti inflammatory then a tablet to prevent ulcers on my stomach. For a 21 year old girl who is obviously planning to have children then to be told you have cysts is my worst nightmare. I now have the option of halving my chances and removing an ovary if this cyst turns cancerous, put up with the pain or wait for them to shrink. I have already been told it will take me up to 5 years to conceive and it really upsets me. The worst part was that the dep website has the cheek to say "dep decreases the chance of cysts" this is not true as me and a close friend have experienced the exact same problems. STAY WELL CLEAR. | DONT GET IT! & if you are experiencing any of my symptoms get to your gp asap. | F | 21 | 1 years 1X O | 3/25/2012 | 1 | Allergic asthma | Mood swings. Food cravings (alcohol and chocolate), that were unheard of for me. Two weeks after treatment had cramping in all fingers, both feet, both legs and both calves for 4 nights. While swimming one day in deep end of pool, both legs. Had to be helped out of the pool; couldn't walk. EXTREME weight gain: 16 lbs in 2 weeks. It's been 2 months, and only 6 lbs have come off. I have always been a healthy, active person...and never had side effects from medications. I will adamantly reject being given this drug in the future. | Treatment for asthma/bronchitis: Urgent care center 1 injection Depo-Medrol 80 1 strip pack of Prednisone | F | 67 | 1 days 80 1X day | 12/4/2011 | 1 | Seasonal allergic rhinitis | Danger!! This drug gave me diabetes! I had blood glucose of 5.2 mmol always before given this shot for my allergies. Didn't help the allergies. Now two months on and the effects should have worn off, but instead it raised my blood glucose levels to 11-15mmol. Now I'll be on diabetic drugs, probably for the rest of my life and not counting the potential organ damage that goes with it. I asked the foc when he gave me the shot what side effects I can expect and he said none. What a bunch of liars! Don't care what happens to me but I'll never set foot inside another doctors office again for however long I live. Hate the whole lot of them useless money grabbing pigs! | F | 40 | 1 times 40mg/1ml | 12/3/2011 | 1 | migrains | was given by my jaw and my whole side of face went numb and that half my face wont work. | its been 3 weeks since my injection and there is no improvement. now i am getting severe migrains that are worse than what i had before given this shot. and i talked to the dr about my side effects and he couldnt give me a straight answer as to if i will get feeling back in my face. i look like i had a stroke and feel everyone stares at me when i laugh. sad that the dr told me not to smile cause it looks funny... i will never recomend this to anyone! he said will take days, week or even months to see of the feeling will come back. if anyone has experienced this please feel free to let me know what happened to you. | M | 29 | 1 times not sure 1X O | 11/30/2011 | 1 | fibromyalgia | was going to a rheumatologist for treatment of fibromyalgia. | The doc came up with a concontion of 6 mg celestone, 80 mg depomedrol and called it his "cadillac" shot. He did not tell me long term usage of steroids will cause all kinds of side effects. My primary doc sent me to an endocrinologist, who send me for all kinds of tests and found out I now have an underactive thyroid and cushings syndrome, caused by the steroids. Am in the process of being weaned off them now and we'll see what happens in the future. | F | 69 | 3 years 80 mg 1X M | 9/27/2011 | 5 | severe sinus in spring/fall | NONE | So miserable in the fall with my allergies, I was unable to function or sleep, couldnt breathe for about 2 months before I went to the doc. Stuffy/runny nose, sneezing, blowing my nose all the time. Not a sinus infection. Got a depo medrol injection in my arm, same day - INSTANT relief. That was five days ago, still feeling great. It is an instant relief for me as I suffer from allergies year around, severe year around. I think it just works for some people, and doesn't for others, it also depends on what its given for. Every body handles different medications differently. | F | 23 | not sure 1X AN | 9/12/2011 | 2 | poison ivy | it didnt work and my rash is rapidly spreading wtf | F | 23 | 1 days 1X day | 7/19/2011 | 1 | An injection for degenerative disk | Pain Doctor (after my severe arguing - since the last one 3 years ago made my condition permanently worse) finally got their way, I believe so they could bill medicare. | My condition is being managed by pretty low does anti-inflamatories and opiates. They insisted they had to "do something" they were just not going to give out medications. So I agreed to the injection after putting them off app. 3 years, after that, the shot was 10+ pain scale wise, in addition I now have numbness in both hands but accutely in left hand baby finger and ring finger and palm. These pain doctors want to just bill the govn.. cause I am on medicare, not caring about my concerns, which came true, now I have to have a NCS and another MRI; it was bad enough before this now all this and I may be terminally damaged. Where is the regulation on these doctors that hold your needed pain meds over your head if you do not do costly procedures? I would like to sue but I am sure in the paper work I signed all my rights away. | F | 50 | 1 times unkown 1X day | 7/15/2011 | 3 | Spine fracture | This doctor gives epidural corticosteroids twice a month. At first I noticed I could walk better. Now, doing research, I believe that I have muscle weakness because of the drug. For instance I don't have the strength to sit up straight. Does anyone else think that twice a month epidural injections are excessive? | The way corticosteroids work in our bodies makes me think that the side effects are bound to happen sooner or later. | F | 50 | 1 years 2X M | 11/19/2010 | 1 | arthritis pain in feet | loss of muscle mass,sevier mood swings, sevier leg and hip pain, tendon rupture | My dr. gave me this crap to releive foot pain. When I complained about leg and hip pain he up-ed my dosage and kept giving it to me. It wasnt until the tendon rupture that I started puttin 2 and 2 together. I have stopped taking the Depo 3 months ago but the hip pain is still very intense and I am having to take oxycodone several times a day to releive the pain. | M | 49 | 1 years 40mg 1X M | 11/1/2010 | 2 | birth control, ovarian cysts | severe mood swings, extreme fatigue, migraines, food cravings, dizziness, inability to focus, numbness of feet, decrease in libido, nausea, acne, achey joints | i have only taken 1 shot, but i will not be receiving another. a few days after my 1st shot i began getting extremely mood & was ALWAYS TIRED. now, a month after my shot, i have migraines every day, crave odd foods, am constantly dizzy, and am uable to focus. i have also had a major decrease in sex-drive, experience some night time nausea, achey joints, numbness in feet, and have had an increase in acne. i was COMPLETELY UNAWARE of all the side effects of this drug and feel that i was not properly informed about it by my doctor. | F | 18 | 1 months 1X O | 9/23/2010 | 2 | Received Shhot at noon and at 6:00pm, the pain was worse that before I got the shot. Five days out, I am still in pain and cannot lift my arm over my head and put arm behind my back. | Doctor told me nothing of the drug -- just that it was a steroid. | F | 61 | 80 MG 1X day | 9/7/2010 | 5 | knee pain | This is a one time injection to the knee. Injection is painful, but the results are wonderful. The relief may last for several months possibly a year. | F | 58 | 1X day | 8/1/2010 | 5 | Allergies | The only side effect I have ever had with Depo-Medrol is an aching in the lower back where it is injected for allergy sufferers. The aching doesn't show up until about 6 hours later when the solution begins to crystallize under the skin. This is very manageable with just some simple Tylenol, and goes away by the next day. I have never had any adverse side effects other than this with Depo-Medrol. | I began taking Depo-Medrol for severe seasonal allergies. In the summers, I could barely smell anything because my nose was running constantly. My eyes were always watering and my eyes, ears and nose itched so bad from all the pollen. Allergy pills helped a little bit, but not enough to warrant paying the price for them. So my doctor suggested an injection of Depo-Medrol given just above the right cheek. The first day, I was still sneezing a little bit, but not near as bad. By the second day, I could go outside without sneezing, without itching and without my eyes watering, and most importantly, without taking allergy pills. Depo-Medrol gave me my summers back! | F | 21 | 3 years 1injection 1X O | 6/8/2010 | 5 | sinusitus | no side effects, only drug that ever worked. | it has been two months since my first and only shot and i have not had to use any other sinus or allergy medicines and i have suffered for years. this is the only thing that has given me relief. | M | 54 | 2 months a shot 1X AN | 6/6/2010 | 5 | Acute sinus swelling. | None. | I went to several doctors (allergists and general practitioners) from age five to thirty-five. I could not breathe through my nose or smell anything. My nose would run constantly and I was sneezing often. I finally gave up, as no pills these doctors gave me helped at all. At age 35, I decided that I should have a regular physician, so I called a referral service. During my initial visit, the doctor asked if I had any specific problems. I told him of my situation, and he asked me if I had ever been giver Depo-Medrol or Methylprednisolone. I said that I had tried Methylprednisolone in the six-day dosage pack. He said that wouldn't work, I need an injection. I gave me a dose of Depo-Medrol, within two days, I could breathe through my nose, smell things I never had before, and I could taste food better than ever. I go in every month for an injection and never have allergy discomfort or swelling anymore. It was a Godsend. | M | 51 | 16 years 15 MG 1X M | 5/24/2010 | 2 | dermatomyositis | Numbness, moody, metal taste in mouth, can't sleep. ringing in ear | first treatment doctor give, yet the side effects are not worth it. It doesn't cure anything just gives the insurance more time to not approve better treatments. At the end of day I am still sick. | F | 46 | 1 days 80 1X day | 4/30/2010 | 1 | Just after an epidural with this medication in a pain clinic, I had adrenal supression and dozens of other problems, like gastric, joint and muscle pain, infections, weight gain, etc. | F | 50 | 1 times 1X day | 4/27/2010 | 1 | injected to help with knee pain | Within a few hours a severe localized pain came in. In the left knee where there's basically no cartiledge, I was waiting for an appt. with a different Orthopedic, my family Dr., injected this into the inner side of the left knee. There's a golf ball feeling there now and it's almost completely immobile. The pain is horendous compared to before and even directly after last years surgery. Being told it would help greatly I was happy to get it as 11 prior other injections failed to help. I've had 5 kids, and this is the most painful thing I've EVER endured! The migraine and shakiness is tolerable, I'm otherwise healthy other than the breakdown in the knees. The fact of my height being 6'3", he said encouraged him to give a higher dose. DO your reseach before you're poked and prodded. This pain is unmeasuarable. | F | 33 | 1 days 80mg 1X day | 3/2/2010 | 3 | Osterarthritis Knees | Used for approx 1-1/2 years with no side effects. After having a stroke Jan. 2009, had another injection about 8 months after the stroke. Side effects were elevated blood presure and rapid heart beat. | Depo-Medrol worked for the first 1-1/2 years, but after my stroke, I think that my overall "good" health outweights the side effects of this medicine. (blood presure and rapid heart beat) | M | 59 | 40 mg 4X AN | 2/4/2010 |