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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PREDNISONE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | severe asthma | shaking, severe anger, lack of emotional attachment, trouble driving, spinning rooms, racy, trouble with fine motor | I have been on prednisone tapers many times in my life. I have life threatening asthma. Whenever I get bronchitis or pneumonia along with the asthma, I get prednisone. Growing up I only felt the normal side effects of hunger, racy mind, and shakiness. The older I get, the more side effects I have. Last time I had tremors in my hand that were literally uncontrollable, to the point of dropping anything I tried to hold. This time I have full body shakiness (slighter than before), trouble driving, lack of appetite, and above all else I feel a RAGE that I never ever feel and cannot control. I literally feel like I could break things. I started arguments with my fiance and said awful things, and felt ZERO regret or emotional attachment. This is NOT anything like my daily personality. I need prednisone to LIVE when I am sick, but these side effects are horrid! | F | 34 | 30 days 60mg taper 1X day | 1/25/2011 | 2 | Strep Throat | extreme stomach pains, diarrhea, loss of appetite, cold sweats, drowsiness. | i was put on this for severe strep throat to reduce swelling so i was able to breath. it is my 4th day on this medication and it doesnt seem to be helping all that much | F | 18 | 5 days 20 mg 2X day | 1/13/2011 | 1 | Depression, Suicidal Thoughts, Anxiety Attacks, Insomnia, Aching Body | I have a history of depression, but was really hoping this would help a lingering bout of pleurisy pain and swelling. For the first three hours i felt great, my enegry levels were higher than at any time for the previous four months and i could actually breathe. I experienced an increased appietite. Then came the dark side of this treatment, i suffered creeping anxiety through the later stages of the day, resulting in paranoia, panic and depression. I was unsettled by everything as if my mind was telling me all noise and movement was a threat. This was after ONE 30mg dose. I didnt take anymore. I do not recommend this drug to anyone with a history of depression and anxiety, as i had, because this drug will root that out. Yes its nice to breathe more easily and be pain free, but not at the risk of suicide, it really is that bad. A lot of reviews mention treatment over weeks being worse, but let me tell you, just one dosage of this drug to the wrong person can be extremely dangerous. Id go as far as to say only consider this if youre life depends on it. | M | 30 | 1 days 30mg 1X day | 1/13/2011 | 1 | Rejection in my liver transplant | Weight gain, hair loss on head, but hair growing on face, major problems with my sleep patten, night sweets, round moon face, permanently have a red flushed face, problems with spots, stretch marks and I have now become a insulin dependant diabetic. | I have been on this drug for nearly 5 years and even though I think it is a evil drug I have no option but to take it to help with my liver rejection. I would tell people only take it if you really have to. | F | 28 | 4.5 years 80mg 1X day | 12/2/2010 | 1 | UC | Loss of sex drive, hair loss, acne, high blood pressure, skin problems, mood swings, depression | M | 18 | 40 1X day | 12/1/2010 | 5 | Crohn's Disease | During the initial Crohn's diagnosis I took large doses to get my symptoms under control. I did gain 30 pounds and had the moon face but I finally felt relief from the pain. It was worth it. | I have been on the maintenance dose of 10 MG a day and I lost the moon face and the weight. Many doctors don't like this as a maintenance drug but honestly my quality of life has improved greatly. | F | 41 | 2 years 10MG 1X day | 11/20/2010 | 4 | Nephrotic Syndrome | Night sweats, slightly puffy face, thin skin, fluid in abdomen, acne, hair loss on head (10 - 20%) - some light hair growth on face! at high doses I sometimes feel a bit hyperactive. | I've been on prednisone for 8 yrs, usually at 60mg then tapering over a year until I relapse and go back up to 60mg. I have a love / hate relationship with this drug. When I am sick I desperately want to go up to a high dose to get into remission (nephrotic syndrome is a kidney disease - i feel really sick and get really bad swelling all over my body). Then when I am on a high dose the side effects of prednisone get worse and I want to taper to a lower dose as fast as possible (which of course I can't). Although the side effects aren't the best, I am just grateful there is something that helps me. I haven't put on any weight at all (in fact I think my appetite decreases on the higher doses), which is the side effect most people really hate the most. Advice to others: exercise as much as you can to stay fit and healthy and to stop the muscle wasting. watch out for your bones and have regular bone density scans. take calcium! take your prednisone early in the morning (unless you doctor has other ideas of course), the side effects should be less that way. take it with food, and maybe also take a probiotic to help lessen the harshness on your stomach. Talk with your doctor about whether you really do need to take it - being on prednisone has made it impossible for me to get health insurance and has made my life insurance really, really expensive. Doctors don't usually warn you about that. | F | 38 | 8 years 60mg 1X day | 11/18/2010 | 1 | UC | Cystic acne, moon face, red eyes, high blood pressure, weight gain | M | 35 | 1X day | 11/13/2010 | 2 | possible drug reaction | Horrible fat face, lack of jawline and cheekbones within 2 days; severe worsening of depression (which is being treated separately and has been working fabulously); extreme irritability and crying spells; lack of hunger, yet noticeable weight gain; However, it does seem to be keeping my hives and allergies at bay (I just don't know how I'll respond once off this medication) | Started at 40mg, tapering down by 5 mg each morning. Only 3 days into my 8 day treatment for a possible drug reaction in combination with unknown severe allergies and hives. I do not want to continue taking this. My depression has never plummeted this fast before. It seems odd that it would produce such noticeable effects in such a short amount of time. | F | 20 | 3 days 40mg 1X day | 10/28/2010 | 3 | Inflammation from pneumonia | anxiety, depression | I started at 2 tablets twice a day then tapered down. My total time on the medication was 3 weeks. Took care of my symptoms, but I had anxiety attacks and depression | F | 37 | 21 days 2X day | 10/27/2010 | 1 | Croup | This was prescribed for my 7 month old daughter to help her get over croup. My poor baby couldn't sleep and was constantly whining! I thought I was a bad mom for not knowing how to help her, but really it was the horrible medication! | F | 0 | 2 days 1/2 tsp 2X day | 10/22/2010 | 1 | Misdiagnosis @ U of Iowa Hospital | high blood pressure, suicidal depression, hair loss, eye problems, eye pain, worsening of vision | The University of Iowa's not a school you want to have anything to do with. The hospital is even worse. | F | 18 | 1X day | 10/3/2010 | 1 | Pemphigus Foliaceus | Moon Face, weight gain in mid section, heart palpitations, foggy brain, racing heart, shaking hands, numbness in hands and feet, thinning skin, dry mouth, water retention, moodiness, depression. | I tried to avoid taking this medicine and tried to use natural alternatives to prednisone such as tumeric. I also tried Low Dose Naltrexone, but had to go on the prednisone and CellCept to get this autoimmune disease (Pemphigus Foliaceus - which is a skin blistering disease that spread all over my face, chest, back, neck and scalp) under control. I HATE the side effects, but I don't have any other alternative. I am starting to taper the prednisone down - I went from 60 mg per day and am at 40 mg per day. I plan to go to as low as possible without getting any additional flareups. I would like to be off of it completely, but am not sure if I can. I plan to someday be in remission. | F | 56 | 90 days 60 mg 1X day | 9/30/2010 | 5 | Crohn's & Pancreatitis | Slight weight gain (10-15lbs), slight rounding of my face | Pred gave me my life back. A Crohn's flare that lasted 10 months and did not respond to several other treatments landed me in the hospital with pancreatitis. Started at 100mg/day, dropped to 80 after a week, stayed at 80 for 4 months, then tapered off over the next 4 months. Also took 160mg/day for 3-4 day periods several times since. Controlled my crohn's in a matter of days every time, now I'm having a flare and the doc wants to go to Imuran, Humira, & Entocort. Going in tomorrow to fight for pred, we know it works, why not try it again. Fingers crossed! | M | 40 | 8 months 80MG 1X day | 9/28/2010 | 3 | Joint Inflamation - RA | Flushing, Insomnia, Night Sweats, Euphoria, Decreased Appetite (lost 5 pounds the first week), Decreased Vision. Increased athlete's foot fungus (supposedly you shouldn't take Prednisone if you have a fungal infection, whoops). | My doctor put me on the 12 day dose pack, which starts at 60mg/day and tapers to 10mg/day toward the end. It helped my joint pain (my only RA symptom) about 80%, but there is still about 20% pain left so it did not knock it out as I was hoping. The first week I felt great with the Euphoria side effect, but I had to take Xanax every night to sleep - there is no way to sleep on this drug, especially when it's directed to take it before bedtime. And I had to increase my Xanax dose throughout the week at bedtime to get a decent night sleep. Even with the Xanax I still woke up with night sweats. I'm ready to come off this drug so I can get normal sleeping patterns back. Hopefully there isn't too much withdrawal symptoms. Good luck to all who try it! | F | 28 | 12 days 20 3X day | 9/22/2010 | 3 | Crohns | Possibly a little fat gain, hard to tell when this Crohns flare up has made me lose 40 pounds thus far. Possibly a little hair loss, but I have a little male pattern baldness, so hard to tell. Some night sweets. | It didn't help my Crohns flare, going on Humira. | M | 24 | 1 months 40mg daily 1X day | 9/8/2010 | 5 | Lupus (CNS involvement) | I was started on 1000mg (yes, 1000!!) in the hospital for 7 days to stop my brainstem from swelling up further. I was decreased to 40mg a week later and started on cyclophosphamide. This is my second time taking the drug, and both times were life-or-death situations. I have only really had positive experiences with this drug. Lots of energy, no pain (I am now on Imuran as well), and none of the expected side effects (though I haven't had a bone density scan recently). | F | 21 | 6 months 40mg 1X day | 9/6/2010 | 5 | Autoimmune hemolytic anemia | Insomna, hand tremor, anxiety, cognitiv impairment, impaired memory, difficulty concentrating, spinning sensation and difficulty driving, no weight gain so far, muscle twitching when going down to 15 mg, rounder face. | It saved my life. You can not live without red blood cells! I hope the illness will not flare up again. Grateful my doctor gave me blood transfusions and prednisone. I am non 15 mg now and will go down to 10 mg soon and then stop. | F | 62 | 4 months 60mg 1X day | 8/27/2010 | 4 | Rash--angiodema? | Lots of energy, felt "high," gassy, restless, big appetite, cleared up tennis elbow, healthy rosy cheeks, sweating, heart palpitations, bad taste in mouth, gained weight | The prednisone cleared up the itching and "heat" of the rash right away although the rash continued to move from my neck across my face. Although so many patients say it is a dangerous drug, I fortunately did not have terrible side effects. It was very interesting to have so much energy and get so much done! But I hated the weight gain and heart palpitations (added to heart palps I already have). The day after I tapered off, I felt aches all through my bones. The next day I had a whole day of watery, horrible diarrhea. I don't know if this was the drug or if I had the flu. | F | 52 | 8 days 60 /40/20 1X day | 8/26/2010 | 4 | Vertigo | Heart palpitations, tachycardia, weakness | taper from 20, 10 to five mg sid. Doctor took me off before I got to the 5 mg dosage. Did really help the vertigo though | F | 32 | 5 days 20 1X day | 8/25/2010 |