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 |
| 2 | pre-chemo treatment | Persistent hiccups for 3 days | 61 | 1 days 12mg | 6/23/2015 | 1 | Anterior neck fusion with arm pain | Started and felt hortible effects after 2nd dose.Heart palpitations, sweats,anxiety, headaches dizziness -day 2 I was out of control and couldn't handle the way I felt. I stopped taking them. The following night I woke up thinking I was having a stroke. Couldn't breath. Same thing the following day and night. I called my neuro surgeon and they assured that it was out of my system. ????? Two days later I had body pain and my chest and upper body hurt. I had just had a neck fusion 2 weeks previous, and was in more pain now than just after surgery. spent day in hospital and now on heart monitor due to irregular beat. Very scary feeling. I'll take the pain instead. This is wicked stuff. | F | 39 | 2 days | 6/12/2015 | 4 | back sprain | A lot of burning and stinging at injection site | Woke up 12 hours later and was able to rise out of my bed!! Pain is limited but I would be screaming and in tears yesterday | F | 40 | 1 days 4 | 5/30/2015 | 1 | This is not to be given even to your worse enemy | F | 60 | 7 months 1X day | 5/18/2015 | 2 | torn rotator cuff in shoulder | Lots of energy but off the wall..pounding heart. .high blood pressure. .severe headache. .insomnia. .blood red face and neck | I don't think it's just decadron . I don't do well with any steroids. .im, oral, or in the joint..never again. .it's on my allergic list | F | 35 | 1 times 1im shot | 1/31/2015 | 5 | Swollen throat from bad sinusitis | Just a sore rear end. Fast heartbeat. Anxious feeling. | Sinus seems better and throat less swollen. | F | 56 | 1 days | 1/25/2015 | 1 | Right knee injection for arthritis | to many to list. Went to ER they thought I was having a stroke. I have been tested for allergy to this drug and it is confirmed. | It has been over 4 years since the injection was given. and still having many of the symptoms still! Do not take this drug it will destroy your life! this is my second posting and some of the effects are worse not better! | M | 53 | 1 days 5mg 1X day | 12/10/2014 | 5 | Addison's disease | Slight muscle ache sometimes, usually in my arms or wrists. I was put on this medication when I was first diagnosed with Addisons. I noticed an increase in my appetite, but somehow I actually lost several pounds on this medication without even trying. It was really nice because I did not lose weight from Addisons itself, which usually causes weight loss before it is treated. It improved my symptoms completely, I felt normal again, with enough energy to live life! My doctor worked me down to 1 mg a day, and then switched me to hydrocortisone. Since starting hydrocortisone 3 months ago, I still feel normal and energized, but I have gained 30 lbs. I wish I could go back on dexamethasone because it didn't have that side effect for me, but since I have to be on steroids for the rest of my life, I can't (dexamethasone builds up in the body, hydrocortisone doesn't). Anyway, I liked this medication. | F | 20 | 3 months 4mg-->1 mg | 10/1/2014 | 3 | Hip pain from Bursitis | One of my arms will get red and hot to the touch and usually m wrist aches real bad a day after I take the shot. It helps my hip pain great though. | It is not for everyone I know, the side effects are little compared to the comfort. | F | 47 | 1 days 10ml 1X M | 9/23/2014 | 1 | headaches from Spinal Meningitis | It made my mania from bipolar so bad I had a seizure. And YES they knew I had both disorders. Plus in 1 week I've gained 7 lbs. And not because of just being hungry and not being able to say no. | F | 43 | 7 days 30 mg | 6/2/2014 | 2 | Glioblastoma Stage IV (Brain) | Weight gain, sweating, severe upper body acne, severe insomnia, cramping in hand-legs-feet, irritability, extreme anger and outbursts, anxiety, thrush, increased appetite/20 lb. weight gain, moon fav, stomach dis tension, the list goes on. Miraculously, the cancer appears to be beaten, for now. Unfortunately, the emotional and psychological effects of this drug has taken a toll on my relationship with my wife, my caregiver. I was never a sweet wonderful idyllic person prior to Decadron, but it did make me unbearable when U was on it. I'm now going off the drug following my successful treatment and hope it will soon be out of my system and I may return to a relative normal. | M | 51 | 3 months 2Mg x2 | 5/30/2014 | 1 | brain tumor that spread from lung | Mother in-law took it.it did its job of keeping the swelling in brain down after radiation treatments.she was however never able to get off of it because her body was so used it to it and couldnt adjust to being off of it.when she tried getting off of it all she did was throw up and lost alot of weight. When on it she had major muscle weakness,couldnt get up on her own and could no longer walk.and as it was upped she had halucinations and began to have some dementia.decadron is evil and it kills. I firmly beleive its what killed her because her cancer was responding to treatment.She ended up having no quality of life and died 9 months after starting it. There are other steroids out there, so only use decadron as a very last resort.i wish it was never made and hope one day it is no longer used because all it does is kill you. | F | 64 | 9 months 2mg-6mg | 4/20/2014 | 5 | Bronchitis with Bronchospasm | I have been sick for 16 days on antibiotics & inhaler but with not relief from coughing & SOB. Had Im injection today & feel 90% better. I can breathe & has helped control my cough..This is a miracle drug...Thank u. | F | 52 | 1 days IM injecti | 12/18/2013 | 1 | Brain Surgery | I was unable to sleep, I gained 100lbs, I couldnt stop itching, and I was extrememly irritated all the time. | This medicine is not worth my $3 copay of lack of causing headaches due to my brain swelling. I couldnt seem to get off it fast enough. DO NOT TAKE if you doctor suggests it, ask for something else. | F | 29 | 4 months 2X day | 4/28/2013 | 4 | Arthritis in neck | Insomnia, OCD behavior, edgy, constipation and dizziness. It took the pain away within 1 day and prior to that I could not move. Worth the side effects. | F | 36 | 4 days 4 mg 4x | 3/2/2013 | 1 | Stage 4 Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | Terror, unbelievable fury, body sensitivity to contact, felt like I was living in the horror of a live nightmare where I might die. | When my dauhter-in-law saw how ill I was she comforted me by saying she wished she was having the treatment for me because she was so much stronger. I forced myself to not attack her and I've never felt anything like that in my life. When I returned the next day for my second day of chemo the nurse asked me what I was feeling and as soon as I told them I felt like I was dying THEY KNEW it was Decadron and removed it from my treatment. I gradually felt better within days but I was told I had the opposite reaction to the drug that was supposed to give me euphoria. I also have the opposite reaction with other steroids. Once with a frozen shoulder I received a steriod shot for pain and the following pain was truly unbearable for days. At that time that doctor told me I was in the 2% that react the opposite with some drugs | 59 | 1 days IV /chemo 1X day | 12/18/2012 | 1 | glioblastoma ( Brain tumor ) | Depression, Irritable, cruel, loss of interest in everything, weight gain, Moon face, Over time lost of balance and strength in legs. Blood pressure issues, Very low hearth rate ( under 50 while sitting). Fog minded | This is my DAD. My mom is the main caretaker. The main issue was the jekyll and hyde like switch of the person. When the steroid hit his system he became Mr Hyde. A completely different person. when the dose was reduced to 1MG a day be was then become like a very old 90 year nice man that just sites and watches TV only of others turn it on first. Also the lost of balance stopped and he whent from a whell chair to slow walking with no help. Now with a new treatment they have infected him with more steroid with the other chemo and again Mr Hyde is back and mean as ever. Now that we know what is causing the issue we will be looking into stopping the steroid use. My dad is completely incompatible with the hellish drug. Better to live a shorter life as you really are then live longer has a different person and a stranger to the family | M | 65 | 7 months 2MG 2X day | 10/27/2012 | 5 | hip pain interfering with walking | none | I got an IM injection of Decadron 10mg and my hip pain(which was there for over 2 months) is now gone in less than 24 hours of receiving the shot. | F | 23 | 1 times 10mg 1X O | 10/25/2012 | 2 | TMJ | Anxiety, headaches, blurry vision, dizzyness, | Don't know if it helped me, but I feel awful. Not yet finished with dosage. | M | 44 | 10 days .75 mg 2X day | 9/7/2012 | 3 | Injection due to back spasms | Nausea, headache, mood swing were the side effects, but it took away the spasms in my lower back and burning in my legs that Percocet, baclofen, zanaflex, flexeril, tylenoll 4 could only cure for 3-4 hours. It's been 12 hours so far with no return of symptoms. I guess I can be a bit crabby and feel like crap if I can breathe without feeling like I'm giving birth. | M | 36 | 1 days | 7/12/2012 |