DECADRON Reviews (DEXAMETHASONE)Average Rating: 2.2 (197 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare DECADRON with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DECADRON | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Chemotherapy--to prevent reactin | Severe insomnia, acne, increased appetite and weight gain, irritability. | Taking in IV 3 times a month to prevent allergic reaction to Taxol chemotherapy. I know decadron can prevents life-threatening allergic reactin, but side effects are getting to me. | F | 43 | 10 months | 1/9/2007 | 1 | chronic incapacitating migraines | CUSHING'S DISEASE | PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE! My neurologist prescribed it because nothing else could break my migraines. However I developed exogenous Cushing's and now I am very, very sick. Cushing's is a life threatening disorder and you do NOT want to get it. | F | 52 | 10 years | 11/29/2006 | 1 | brain swelling maybe...head aches | Hallucenations...things flying up and hitting me in the face, words on a page disappearing, seeing someone looking at me, etc. Swelling of face and neck, weakness of muscles, sweats (all time of the day and night), rash (like acne) on chest and face, feeling of unreality, not able to tell if real or not, hungry all of the time, anger when first coming off of the drug, muscle pain in bones and joints feeling like it was coming from deep within the bones or muscles, insomnia...no sleep but an hour here and there for days, confused. Had trouble breathing felt like my chest muscles were closing off my breathing. Felt helpless! | I will NEVER take this drug again....I'd rather be shot. This drug should be taken off of the market. Even after coming off of it I am still experiencing the side effects. I called poison control and they advised me that the drug should be completely out of my system....so why am I still having the adverse reactions?? | F | 45 | 36 days | 11/11/2006 | 1 | Brain Tumor | Nausea, decreased potassium levels, severe muscle atrophy in upper and lower extremities, hallucinations, edema, bone pain, sores, fluid retention, severe weight loss, mood swings. | This drug led to the death of my mother. | F | 4 days | 11/5/2006 | 1 | Brain Tumor | Nausea, decreased potassium levels, severe muscle atrophy in upper and lower extremities, hallucinations, edema, bone pain, sores, fluid retention, severe weight loss, mood swings. | This drug led to the death of my mother. | F | 4 months | 11/5/2006 | 1 | brain surgery and radiation | When I tapered off it I woke in the morning with pain in my elbows, wrists, knees, and ankles. It felt like the pain was coming from deep in my bones. I cannot even begin to describe how badly it hurt. It was definitly crippling and hurt so bad it made me cry like a little kid. | When I tapered off it I woke in the morning with pain in my elbows, wrists, knees, and ankles. It felt like the pain was coming from deep in my bones. I cannot even begin to describe how badly it hurt. It was definitly crippling and hurt so bad it made me cry like a little kid. I took a bunch of Oxycodone and waited for the pain to subside. After that episode I went back up in dosage on the decadron and that made all the difference. My Dr. says he's never heard of anything like this, but other people have. Go Figure. | F | 27 | 2.5 months | 11/5/2006 | 4 | reduce brain swelling | steroid myopathy of large muscles | M | 60 | 2.5 years | 9/15/2006 | 1 | ifarcted 5 6 7 cervical dis | blew up like a balloon, 15 # in 7 days, moon face, neck swollen so bad I was choking and aspirating my own secretions when talking, or aspirated what I drank and ate. legs esp feet so big looked like I was in CHF,.worse part was my belly!!! Still a problem unresolved after being off the drug for 4 months. complicated my breathing, had to have a pulmonary function test, and now an endoscopy cause I feel pressure up against my diaphram which restricts my breathing esp with activity or bending over..COMPLETELY DESTROYED MY FLAT BELLY THAT I FINALLY FOUND A YEAR AGO AFTER SCRAPING UP EVERY PENNY I HAD FOR LIPO, AND TUCK..RUINED. THE SWELLING SO BAD...LIKE I WAS 6 MONTHS PREGNANT,..MAYBE STRETCH, AND LOOSENED TUMMY MUSCLES THAT WERE TIGHTENED. CAN NOT UNDERSTAND IF DECADRON IS TO REDUCE SWEELING,.WHY DOES IT CREATE IT, AND IF IT IS SUPPOSE TO IMPROVE BREATHING,.WHY DID IT AFFECT MINE SO BADLY? i LOOKED LIKE A FREAK! SCARED PEOPLE..WARN EVERYONE NOT TO EVER TAKE THIS DRUG,..FIND ANOTHER. THI | totally destroyed my tummy tuck with lipo,..8 thous $ down the drain...and worse part is that my mid drift looks worse than before I had the lipo..was almost flat, sunk in,..now poofed out and hard,..can't breath well. wanted the tummy tuck 30 yrs..got it now this! | F | 53 | 2 months | 8/23/2006 | 1 | lower back pain/swelling | moon face,bloated stomach,personality/mood change,hungry all the time, badly swollen from hips down, tremors in hands, nightmares, night sweats, etc. | It is a drug that should be taken off the market. I got off the medicine a month ago and the side affects are still there. Why would any doctor prescribe this to anyone? | M | 71 | 1 months | 7/12/2006 | 1 | brain tumor | Fatigue with insomnia, loss of taste/appetite with ravenous hunger, headaches, hallucinations, the list goes on and on. AND ON. Worst part was wanting to hurt people and smash things all the time, but somehow knowing that doing so wouldn't help. | Decadron is evil in pill form. I'm sure it's good for something, but all it did for me was crush my existing symptoms under an avalanche of side-effects. Once you're on it, you have to stay on it, and the side-effects get worse as you taper down the dosage. I can think of no reason that I would take this drug again short of preservation of life. | M | 29 | 14 days | 5/3/2006 | 1 | Brain Tumor | I call this Mickey Mouse medicine. Moon Face look, Swollen ankles, Rash (kind of like acne) on chest and face, Muscle pain and weakness, hair is starting to grow on my chin and lip. Joint pain | I have to take it to stay alive long enough for this surgery to remove the brain tumor. It is a necessary evil. Surgery is 4/27/06 so hopefully i will be off it a few weeks after. | F | 28 | 2 months | 4/13/2006 | 4 | advanced lower spinal pian | insomnia, obsessive/compulsive behaviour, unusual high-energy Insomnia bad, but acceptable as I work as a Consultant, so getting up at 3AM is not so bad, as compared to the pain. | 70 year old fit male with severe lower spine degradation-- --worked great--NO PAIN almost immediately. Started with 2 x 1mg daily--then after 3-4 days--tapered to 2 x 1/2 mg daily--then (now) off completely 14 days later. Pain returning now--will seek a maintenance dose of .5mg daily or as needed --down to as low as .5 mg every other day. BF | M | 70 | 14 days | 4/1/2006 | 2 | surgery for brain tumor | insatiable appetite, water retention, moon face, severe insomnia, muscle wasting. ) abdominal distention, intestinal issues, Gained 12 pounds, 2nd week of taking drug. Currently 5 weeks post surgery still have 'moon face' and all weight gain although appetite is near normal, insomnia is gone. | Abdomen is still distended. I HATED the drug. Maybe it is a necessary evil but I have to believe something is better. Awful to have part of head shaved and then deal with these effects after | F | 44 | 14 days | 4/1/2006 | 3 | brain tumor | Hallucinations, paranoia, fear, insatiable appettite, water retention, swollen feet/ankles, blisters on face/chest, facial hair (on female), moon face, severe insomnia, mood swings, euphoria, bone loss, bone/joint pain, muscle wasting, height loss of 2", bad case of the shakes during withdrawal period, and an inability to think clearly the entire time I was on it (like a 24/7 buzz for 4+ weeks). | Decadron is a necessary evil for brain tumors and brain surgery. It does its' job and keeps the swelling down but it has NASTY side effects and we hate it with a passion. I was on a particularly high dose. I did not list all of the side effects I had. | F | 29 | 4 weeks | 1/28/2006 | 1 | acute arm pain from discs in neck | Insomina, profuse sweating, depession, skin bruising, high blood pressure, hair loss on head, hair growth on face, bloated face, extreme swollen ankles, weight gain, blurred vision. Since I stopped all muscles ache and spasm. | Drug worked great along with traction; however do not want to take again. 4 pills once a week for 6 months | F | 61 | 6 months | 9/26/2005 | 1 | brain tumor | fluid retention, facial hair (female) abdominal distention, leg swelling (large) facial swelling | I hated it, would never take it again, was not informed of side effects when started on drug | F | 54 | 2 months | 5/27/2005 | 1 | Severe sciatica | No side effects during taking of decadron. The nightmare started right after I stopped taking it. I developed steroid psychosis manifested by bi-polar symptoms, serious sleep problems, high blood pressure, feeling of being | I took decadron for only 10 days. First 3 days I took 8 mg three times a day (that's 24 mg per day) and decreased the dose over the next 7 days as directed. I never expected that the side effects would be so severe and last for 6 months! I will never take a corticosteroid again! | F | 43 | 10 days | 4/15/2005 |