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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PREDNISONE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Fluid in ears | Heart palpitations, sweating, flushing, heartburn, weakness, malaise, scalp pimples | After only a short 5-day course of this medication, I feel terrible. I haven't taken a dose in several days, and I still feel like crap. Every time I eat, I get heart palpitations. I've had heartburn since I began taking Prednisone (and I never get heartburn). Today I broke out in painful little pimples all over my scalp. I am tired and weak. I will never take Prednisone again! This is way worse than the condition it was supposed to treat, and it didn't help with that condition. | F | 56 | 5 days 20 mg 3X day | 8/16/2010 | 4 | UC | Increase in Energy, Increased Appetite, Increased Sweating | I understand everyone's negative experiences but for me the short-term effects were worth the relief. I was on prednisone on two different occasions for UC when I was around 21/22 and both times in knocked out flare-ups. The side effects were actually beneficial as a thin male always trying to gain weight I had endless appetite and amazing energy - would actually jump out of bed in the morning. However, there are major long-term effects that have to be considered even if short-term effects don't get you. It seems as if my experience was much more positive than most others. | M | 26 | 90 days 10MG 6X day | 8/15/2010 | 3 | fever, rash, vasculitis, arthralgia | Swollen hands, feet, knees, mood swings-VERY impatient and irritable at times, HUNGER, dizzy spells, muscle cramps, rounding of face, pimples, bloating in abdomen, painful joints when tapering, inexplicable loss of bladder control (once), dry mouth, extreme bouts of fatigue, extreme energy bursts - lots of CLEANING around the house! | Started off on short taper - 4 mg 6 times daily, followed by 5 times, 4 times, etc. - when down to 2 mg, was in so much joint pain I literally could not move. Rheumatologist incr dxg to 60 mg for one week, then tapered to 40 mg, 30, et c- dropping 10 mg per week - It worked great the first week at 60 mg - relieved my painful symptoms and swelling - felt 100 percent back to normal...then, the following week, ar 40 mg, the honeymoon was over...all the side effects started. I am now on 10 mg daily, dropping to 5 mg in a few days....PAINFUL joints, probably due to as yet undiagnosed condition and not tapering, per Dr.- follow up visit in a few days for more tests... | F | 43 | 1 months 30 mg 2X day | 8/6/2010 | 1 | UC | Clinical depression, cystic acne, acne scars, hair loss, rosacea, appetite increase, weight gain, red eyes, dry eyes, dry skin. | M | 12 | 4 years 80 1X day | 8/5/2010 | 1 | A misdiagnosis | Hair loss, weight gain, cystic acne, acne scars, rosaceae, high blood pressure | M | 18 | 80 1X day | 7/27/2010 | 1 | Crohn's | Was put on this drug for Crohn's disease with fistulas and bleeding. Prednisone caused hyperactivity like I had taken a bunch of speed! My husband found me at 3 a.m. organizing the pantry. Had to start taking Ambien to get any sleep at all. Had horrible cloudy thinking and couldn't work! In combination with Remicade, I had such leg weakness that I wound up in wheelchair for five weeks! It was not helping my Crohn's so I weaned myself off of it and immediately began losing my hair. Now have gained 15 lbs. and half my hair is gone and it is still falling out in handfuls every day! I'm shedding lke a dog! What the hell??? | This is a terrible evil drug. I will NEVER take it again ever. My doctor explained NONE of these side effects and blew me off when I tried to talk to him about this. PLEASE think twice before you take Prednisone! | F | 52 | 4 months 60 mg 1X day | 7/27/2010 | 3 | Crohns Disease | Mood Swings, Depression, Joint Pain, Lots of weight gain, Increased Appetite, Puffy Face, Broken Blood Vessels on face, Headaches, Decreased Sex Drive, Lethargy | I have been on and off prednisone since I was diagnosed with crohn's when I was 8 years old. I was told that I was steriod dependent. Let me give you some advice; do your own research. These 'medications' are man-made and with prolonged usage will damage a lot of once normal working functions in other parts of your body. I'll be honest here. I smoke marijuana and that is the only thing I find to work. I have dodged numerous hospital visits by smoking. It helps nausea, appetite, pain, with no side effects although you will have to be careful with increased appetite. Look into the studies and you will see that marijuana may be more of a medicine than these man-made money making pills that may help one part of your body but will damage other parts in the long term. I have been unable to smoke for about two weeks now and just had a flare-up with my crohn's. This has happened on one other occasion where I was unable to smoke for a long period of time. I find that this is enough proof for me to continue using marijuana to help me with my health. For the past two years I have been continuously smoking and have been symptom free except for the periods of time when I was unable to smoke. That, in my 12 years of living with crohn's, has never happened to me. Please do your own research and don't just rely on your doctor. | F | 20 | 8 years 30 MG 1X day | 7/17/2010 | 1 | UC | Hair loss, weight gain, racing heart, sweating, high blood pressure, acne | M | 21 | 3 months 40 1X day | 7/16/2010 | 3 | UC Chrons Disease | Puffy face. weight gain. mild acne. | For longterm use I would not recommend this medicine. I took over the summer to help swelling go down because I had a stricture. I had to get 7inches of it removed anyway. Over the time I took it, it allowed me to eat a full liquid diet without pain. But by the end of summer my face blew up like a giant balloon, it was hidious. I weighed 117 before I Started the meds when I was done taking it I weighted about 140! Ive yet been able to loose weight and it sucks! They want to put me on it again too! I also worked out for at least 2 hours a day doing biggest looser videos and stuff like that. And I still gained all that weight! I recommend Shaklee products! They are amazing suppliments! Go to www.Shaklee.com for more information! | F | 15 | 80 days not sure 8X day | 6/26/2010 | 2 | Adrenal Insufficiency | Insomnia, heart racing, night sweats, hot flashes, weak muscles, did not reduce inflammation, eratic blood pressure, bedridden. Exhausted after taking a shower and need to lay down. Endocrinologist reduced dosage to 7.5 mg a day. | Started taking Pregnenolone 30 mg while taking the prednisone. 2nd - 5th day took 30 mg pregnenolone in am and pm with 7.5 mg prednisone dosage. Stopped taking prednisone on 6th day with no adrenal crash. Currently take 30mg about 7 hours apart. Haven't taken prednisone for 10 days. Don't crave salt now, no night sweats, sleep better, no inflammation, stronger mentally and physically. Pregnenolone is a nutritional supplement which is similar to the primary steroid your body uses to make all the hormones/steroids you need. It will boost the hormones and steroids you need boosted and reduce those that are too high. I use Pure Encapsulations Pregnenolone ordered from Amazon. I had a 24 urine "ComprehensivePLUS Hormone Profile" test on 12/4/2008 which showed I was low in all steroids. Read warnings before starting. | F | 53 | 5 months 9 mg 3X day | 6/3/2010 | 1 | Dr. said | Permanent problems with my thyroid, sweating, shaky hands, depression, mood swings, high blood pressure, rosacea, acne, acne scarring, inability to heal. | Wish I had never taken it. | M | 20 | 1X day | 5/27/2010 | 2 | bronchitis | after one dose (20mg) in the morning my chest was almost instantly better. HOWEVER, by the night time (12 am) i woke up suddenly -I was jittery and had a racing heart, felt like i was full of adrenaline and couldnt sleep - i would have panicked except i have had these symptoms before on nasonex, and was expecting them, so had propanalol handy (which i took finally at about 2.30). However, when I took nasonex it took me months of gong to the doctor thinking i was SERIOUSLY ill (having a heart attack / thyroid problems/ diabetes etc etc) before i worked it out (I found it on this website actually). I rang work at 2am last night to explain i wouldnt be in this morning and am just waiting for the doctor to comfirm that it is okay for me to keep taking them.... | if she says it is okay i am going to continue takng these for my short course (5 days), but i wouldnt want to take it any longer knowing the nightmare i had with nasonex!! | F | 35 | 1 days 20mg 1X day | 5/26/2010 | 1 | asthma | moody, sad, 10 lb. weight gain,arthritic pain in hands and knees, back pain, but the out of control asthma was much better. Given the side affects I will never take this drug again, will opt for a different therapy. | I would think twice about taking this medicine, only in life or death situations would I tell someone to take it. | F | 40 | 6 days 20 mg 2X day | 5/23/2010 | 1 | chron's disease | This drug sucks, severe thrush all the way down my throat, no energy. will never take it again | Treatments for Chron's flat sucks | F | 40 | 3 days 30 mg 1X day | 5/12/2010 | 1 | Crohn's | Thinning of hair, cystic acne, just didn't have the energy to do anything, loss of sex drive, memory problems, weight gain, stretch marks, swollen face, profuse sweating | I would have preferred surgery to taking prednisone. Prednisone's side effects have actually been worse than surgery would have been. Prednisone can affect your mood and memory, so even if you think the other side effects aren't going to bother you, if you're a student, I'd at least think twice before starting it. (Also remember that you can't stop taking it abruptly.) I found that it was impossible to remember much of anything on prednisone. | M | 26 | 3 months 40 1X day | 4/25/2010 | 1 | Rhematoid Arthritis | Initially I was very much helped. After going off it, hell began. While on it I had the horrific appetite and weight gain. But after, my mouth sheds skin constantly. Every tooth in my mouth is loose (4 point bridge, caps, implants),and I have gum recession....my gums and all teeth were FINE before prednisone. | My psychiatrist checked on my moods constantly......I was more angry than usual but the physical effects left over are pure hell. My rhumatologist inquired about NOTHING or rather side effects. I curse her as much as this medicine from hell. I agree with many respondants, I would die before I would ever touch this medication again. | F | 60 | 5 months 10 1X day | 4/24/2010 | 1 | colitis | insomnia, dry skin, decrease in sex, memory loss, vomit, fatigue, gain weight on face and abdomen, dry and blurry eyes, joint pain | I do not recommend this medicine to anyone out there!!! It suppose to help you but instead it makes you more sick than ever! There is other medicine out there that works much better and is not a steroid and will not have side effects like these. THIS DRUG SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE MARKET FOR GOOD!! I never knew there was such a thing that could actually control you and change your body, emotion, and health. I was suppose to take this medicine for one month and I just took it for one week and I self-stopped it. I don't know how I even went one week using it!! Just eat healthy and let the doc know you don't want to take prednisone and see if he can offer something different. DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE!!!!!! | F | 23 | 7 days 20mg 3X day | 4/23/2010 | 1 | Ulcerative Colitis | 80lb weight gain: I've lost most of the weight now, but it's almost impossible to get rid of the fat over the abdomen, so clothes don't fit right. Most of the weight you gain on prednisone will be in your abdomen. 80lbs wouldn't look so bad if it were spread out evenly, but prednisone changes the way your body stores fat. Also acne and acne scarring, which makes you look like a teenager; people simply don't respect you as much. | You have to realize most doctors don't care about you; if you don't realize this, they will ruin your life. | M | 31 | 5 months 60 1X day | 4/13/2010 | 1 | Crohn's | Weight went from 110# to 160# in 4 months/ Low blood pressure turned into high blood pressure/ Low blood sugar turned into high blood sugar/ Stretch marks so bad that I am looking into plastic surgery/ Broken blood vessels in face&legs/ Saggy skin after losing weight/ Muscle wasting/ Increased eye pressure (almost glaucoma)/ Mood swings/ Insomnia/ Gastric Ulcer/ Bright pink "moon face"/ Profuse sweating (including night sweats that soaked my hair)/ Crushing joint pain when dose changed/ Constant ravenous hunger/ Ankles regularly swelled to the width of my knees/ Extreme hair loss (it fell out by the handful) on scalp/ Facial hair growth (my normal peach fuzz got thicker and longer) | NIGHTMARE DRUG!!! I started prednisone for my ulcerated colon, and while on prednisone the only part of me that was healthy was my colon. Prednisone had a detrimental effect on virtually every other part of my body. I have told my current doctor that I will never take it again unless I will die without it. I would give this drug a negative rating if I could... KNOW THE DRUG INTERACTIONS! I found out later that the pill (birth control) can make your side effects worse. I was never warned of this fact! My FORMER doctor simply said I might "get a little puffy in the face and have the munchies." I hate that man. My body has never fully recovered. I am looking into plastic surgery because some of my stretch marks are still so sensitive and severe even 6 years later. Simply devistating to do that to a 21-year-old woman. I agreed to two 5mg doses for an allergic reaction once time since, and I gained 4 pounds of water weight in 2 days. Also vomited on those days. I've since had AMAZING success on the "Biological" drugs for inflammatory diseases with almost no side effects. BEWARE... | F | 27 | 6 months 80mg 1X day | 4/12/2010 | 4 | Lupus/ Low blood platelets | Racing heartbeat,palpitations, headaaches,acne, increased appetite, glucose high, weight gain(more in face and abdomen), very irritable and moody. | I was on 80mg of Prednisone for low blood platelets due to my Lupus Im down to 40mg right now. I needed a biopsy and they didnt want to risk me bleeding so I had to get on the meds.I have gained 25 pounds since Jan 1,2010. and all the side effects are stressful, but it has helped the issue with my platelets. I really hate this medicine, but the drs are trying to reduce the dosage and hopefully i can get rid of this excess weight and all the horrible side effects that come along with it and continue on a lower dosage of the meds. | F | 30 | 3 months 40mg 1X day | 3/28/2010 |