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 |
| 3 | lupus flare, uticarial vasculitus | Head Aches, My Normal Joint Pain Turned Into the Feeling Of Being STABBED WITH KNIVES, Muscle Pain/Weakness, MORE joint Pain, Felt Alert But Had Blurry Vision, EAT WITH IT=No Tummy Pain, Dizzy, Can't Shut Up, Brain Won't Shut Up either | I'm Taking 32Mg A Day For A Week, IM Finishing First Week, Will Update After Taper Of Second Week, Started Off Feeling 100% WORSE than I Was When I Saw The Doc, Felt Like Over The First 4 Days It Was Just Getting Worse, Then After Than My Joint Pain Slowly Day By Day Got A Teeny But Better, But Have Developed Weird Muscle Pains (Which I Didn't Have To Begin With, In Calves, And My Right Butt Cheek) After A Week I Still Am Getting The Rash (Uticarial Vasculitus) Have To Take Benadryl To Control That, Have To Take Kpin For The Anxiety, Still Take Vicodin For Pain..... So Far Very LITTLE Improvement After One Week, And Now We Begin To Taper.... | F | 31 | 7 days 32mg | 6/29/2015 | 3 | severe skin reaction | Flushed face, heart racing, high anxiety, loss of appetite, weight loss, sleeplessness, weird feeling (almost as if I was drugged) | Took 6 day dose, am on last pill today. My rash is gone, but if I have an option will never take this again. I have never had so many side effects with a medication. | F | 39 | 6 days 4mg | 6/29/2015 | 5 | IT band syndrome | Frequent urination at night and restful sleep. | Has worked great at knocking out my pain. The nightly side effects are irritating, but I know they will end soon. It's a great trade-off to get rid of the severe pain I've been in. | F | 40 | 5 days Taper 1X day | 6/28/2015 | 2 | Astma | Made my eyes go blured and coulnt see it stoped the whizzing but my breathing got worse and heart raced | It helpes one thing but makes you feel worse with other things. | F | 48 | 3 days | 6/28/2015 | 2 | stiffed neck | Terrible headache preferences at night before bed | F | 38 | 2 days | 6/10/2015 | 4 | Sciatica | LIP TWITCHING ALLL 7 DAYS SO ANNOYING | IT DID IMMEDIATELY HELP THE PAIN AS IT WAS SO BAD AND I WAS UNABLE TO WALK PRIOR FOR AWEEK NOW IM PAIN FREE | F | 40 | 7 days 4mg | 6/7/2015 | 1 | sinuse inflamation | sleep problems, urinary problems, sharp rise in PSA level after taking the medication for the six day period. | M | 78 | 6 days 4 mg 6X day | 6/6/2015 | 3 | 19 y-o broken toe pain and swelling | Shortness of breath, anxiety, heart racing, energy, insomnia, irritability, flatulence, acid reflux. | I was able to walk 90% normally and the redness and swelling mostly subsided within a few hours. First few nights had insomnia, shortness of breath and anxiety which carried over into the day. Pain was better through day 3. Then, as I tapered down on the dosage, the pain racheted back up. Three days after my last dose, the pain is back to 70-80% of what it was before the medication. Overall, while I was very productive at work and the pain lessened considerably, there were some gastrointestinal side effects as well as a feeling of being sped up. These were unpleasant, but somewhat worth it considering the amazing treatment of the pain and swelling. Frankly, I am glad it was only 6 days. | M | 36 | 6 days 24-4 MG | 5/28/2015 | 1 | cold symptoms | anger. aggression .horrible feeling. mentally very bad. depression. weakness (felt like the 800 year old man). awful feeling esp in my head. | who came up with this horrible drug? NEVER again. I just hope the side effects go away | F | 65 | 6 days 1X day | 5/28/2015 | 1 | Post-Op Tonsillectomy Pain/Swelling | Severe red rash located under right arm. | F | 30 | 1 days 4 1X O | 5/20/2015 | 5 | Recurrent sinus infections | a bit of diarrhea. One day, my face flushed briefly for about half an hr | this medication made me feel so much better. After the full round of it, I am feeling normal after being sick for weeks. An additional benefit is that it helped my psoriasis too. :). | F | 54 | 6 days | 5/19/2015 | 1 | gout | horrible feeling never again | never again | M | 63 | 6 days 4mg 6X day | 5/18/2015 | 1 | Sinus Infection | I received my prescription late Tuesday evening so,before it said to make sure you take all 6 of the tablets the first day even if you have to take at one time. I have been up all night all day. If now 6:00pm on a Wednesday I still feel bad and Im wide awake.I take Lunesta for sleep at night and I'm still awake.I also,went to the bathroom about 10 times. This has worn me out. | I'm afraid to take today's dose in fear of never being able to go to sleep!!!!! :-/. | F | 60 | 1 days 4 mg | 5/6/2015 | 1 | mild Bronchitis | Flushed, then very strong reddening of the face, neck, ears-back & forth. Tingling sensation around the mouth. Strong anxiety & sleeplessness. Reddening of eyes, mild pupil dilation. Redness of palms and soles of feet. Thirst and loss of appetite. | I have COPD, and developed a mild case of Bronchitis. I was prescribed Cefdinir (20 pills,300mg) and Medrol 6 day 4mg (Methylpredsolone) tapering down pack. I am SOOO glad I didn't take all six at once, as the pack recommended (if you get your RX late in the day)! Good god! The side effects are miserable. I am not very happy with my Doctor for not making it clear about these. Yes, even madder at myself for not having read to RX sheet. I will never take this again. Tomorrow is day three for me and I think I'm done with this. Yuck. | M | 52 | 6 days 4 mg tabs 1X day | 5/1/2015 | 1 | sinus/ear pain | Anixety, elevated heart rate, sleeplessness, slight depression, elevated heartbeat. | I will never take this medication again. | M | 44 | 6 days 1X day | 4/27/2015 | 5 | pinched nerve in Neck and back pain | Only side effect is crying/mood | This is my 3rd round of medrol. Last June I had the shakes and dizzy on 4th day. It helped my pain and inflammation. Then my second time I only had crying/mood on third day. This crying/mood on third day. I had asked pharmacists if I could take it the first day two after each meal. He said ok as long as I space it out. The directions tell you before certain meals on empty stomachs. Maybe you should change the directions after meals. The side effect the last two times I had was crying/mood on third day. I can handle that. | F | 62 | 21 pills 1X day | 4/24/2015 | 3 | Sciatica | Flushing, Jitters, Anxiety, Blurred vision | Helped my pain greatly but are the side effects worth it? Still don't know | M | 43 | 1 days | 4/14/2015 | 5 | Break 9 day migraine | No side effects whatsoever with the 6 day. . This is the second time I've had to do a medrol pack to break a long migraine and both times I felt great | Pain went away after first day | F | 57 | 6 days 4 mg 1X day | 3/26/2015 | 1 | Bronchitis | Terrible feeling. Mental confusion. Metal taste. Aggressive behavior. Mood swings. Hot flashes. Shaky. Don't take unless absolutely necessary. | M | 36 | 4 days 4mg | 3/19/2015 | 1 | Vaginal ulcers | Extreme body pain (head to toes), muscles and joints making it very difficult to walk, headache, chills/shaking, urinary urgency and frequency, as well as hesitancy. | Nasty med. Worked for issue it was prescribed for- but made me all together much worse off and debilitated. Not good for 10 hour shifts on my feet in the medical field and caring for my 2 year old. I will never take it again. Saw doctor today who advised to stop med immediately and pretty positive my symptoms are from this med. We'll see how soon I feel better. | F | 36 | 4 days Dose pack | 3/15/2015 |