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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PREDNISONE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Myasthenia Gravis | frequent urination,lower back pain, hair loss, nausea, acne | I have been taking prednisone on/off for about 2 years. This medicine makes my muscles stronger without it I can barely lift my arms to wash my hair and it helps me breathe alot better too, not as weak anymore . I do have frusterating side effects from this most recently started with frequent urination. I seem to have to go every 15 min even during the night and my lower back has been hurting too. Not sure if the prednisone is the cause or if it could be something else. I also just started taking a drug called nexium for gastroparesis which they think is called from myasthenia gravis. so I am not sure if the frequent urination and lower back pain is caused from that drug. I will be updating my doctor. | F | 30 | 2 years | 1/26/2008 | 4 | Temperal Arteritis and arthritis | 100lb weight gain,cushings disease,severe mood swings, hot flashes,insomnia,headaches, heartburn,stomach pain,vision problems, sent my sugar out of control | I found prednisone to be a wonder drug because it made me feel great when I first took it. I was able to walk pain free and breathe easier although I took it because with temperal arteritis you can go blind and the doctors said this would prevent this from happening so I took it starting at 60 mg a day. After 2 months of taking it the hell started and they determined I didn't have the temperal arteritis but now they could not take me off this because I would become very sick and my kidneys could shut down. I continued to take it starting to wean me down after 3 months and it took over 14 months so I'm now just getting off it. It has been hell with the side effects and now I am afraid to take other medications. I am also type 2 diabetic and when taking the prednisone my sugar would be as high as 20 and I was diet controlled before prednisone but now I have to take medication for the diabetes as well. It really does work good at first but then it wreaks hell on your body. I now take i | F | 51 | 15 months | 1/17/2008 | 3 | Lupus Kidney | Moonface, Hair fall off, Can't sleep at night, tired, heart beat very fast from time to time. | I have been taking Prednisone since June 2007-Dec 2007 from 10 tabs and down to 1/2 tab. But now my protien seems to be up again so doctor told me to start taking 4 tabs for now (Jan 2008). It has soo much effect on me, I feel very depress most of the time. And restless all the time (even only taking 4 tabs). I guess the doctor cut down too fast, or might be some other reason that my desease is now coming back again. And I also take Fosamax once a week as well to help for the bone. | F | 31 | 8 months | 1/14/2008 | 3 | Psoriatic Arthritis and Psoriasis | Light Weight Gain <5 lbs. | I have been on Celebrex, Medrol, Methotrexate. I took Advil like M&M's and yet only a small little 2.5mg prednisone pill works to relief my symptons. Sometimes I take it every other day or if I get a flair up every day. I will not go over 5mg no matter what. Enbrel may be my next option but that is scary as well - not like I have a choice. Without pred I can not get out of bed. | M | 35 | 144 days | 12/11/2007 | 1 | crohns decease | hot flashes, moon face, weight gain, sore joints, mood swings, increased appetite,pretty much EVERYTHING. | I HATE prednisone and I refuse to EVER take it again no matter how badly I need it. I believe far to many doctors jump to it to soon. Yes, it did help put me in remission, BUT as soon as I got off of it, i flared up right after again! So it did not keep me in remission. and remission on it took a long time to achieve. I had pretty much every side effect of the medicen! Hot flashes were so bad i could not sleep at night, mood swings, i had a big moon face, my knees and elbows were always sore,and one of the worst things is i gained a LOT of weight. This drug is NOT worth the side effects you have to go through and I will NEVER take it again! | F | 19 | 2 years | 12/9/2007 | 2 | severe swelling of sinuses & asthma | anxiety, depression, emotional instability, panic, aggression, anger, alienation - takes longer to recover from than it was perscribed | it works but isn't worth it unless there is a health factor which demands the use of the drug for treatment. every time i go off of this drug, the depression only gets worse for at least three weeks. its like putting yourself down a black hole for 3 months of your life. | F | 21 | 3 weeks | 12/5/2007 | 5 | Churg-Strauss Syndrome | Aside from the obvious water retention issues that plague many patients on Prednisone, I've been so fortunate since I began this round of treatment. I had taken it in the past where it made my heart race and keep me wired at night. I had also experienced a sensation of bulgy eyes - a feeling that my eyes were going to pop out of my head! With a little pro-active motivation, the water retention can be alleviated a bit with regular low-impact exercise and a balanced diet. | In the past month and a half on 50 mg/day and another year to go along with daily Imuran doses to begin shortly, I've slept better than I have in years, have no vascular pain, can breathe again and not sound like a chain-smoking Kristie Alley (asthma), can smell and taste again (nasal polyps), have my skin condition (eosinophils) clear up on my knees, elbows, hands and backside, and just have a better outlook on life again. I think it's important to research others' experiences, but keep in mind that what may be a negative experience or vice versa for one, will not always be the same for another. Regardless that I'm experiencing a Prednisone high, it nearly brings tears to my eyes to think how sick I was for so many years that I never realized this incredible quality of life existed. I'll deal with any long term effects of treatment as they present themselves. In the meantime, I'll give my stress levels a break and just enjoy feeling human again. | F | 31 | 6 weeks | 11/22/2007 | 1 | Torn Tendon | Crying for no reason, tired, dazed, out-of-body experience, tipsy, bright red face/ears within an hour of taking, itchy | So far I've only taken 4 doses and this is making me feel terrible. I'm feeling about the complete opposite from myself and am not experiencing any relief whatsoever. | F | 17 | 15 days | 11/7/2007 | 4 | RA | significant weight gain, acne when i've never had acne before, lethargy & fatigue, ravaging hunger, intense severe mood swings, easily aggitated &tempermental, easily bruised &slow healing time for small cuts etc. | it helped with the flares of severe pain from my RA however i was such a monster on the drug that most days i'd rather have been in pain. i almost lost my job and my husband i was so moody and easily aggitated. it's a love hate thing, i loved that my pain was less, but i hated how i acted while on it. my personality changed completely. the large doses where i started with 6 or 7 pills a day and tapered to one were the worst for the rages, mood swings and hunger, but the low daily doses 7.5 mg per day and such made me just very grouchy all of the time and moody. i had 2 courses of short yet potent dosing that caused all the weight gain & extreme mood swings and intense flashing anger, and the 7.5 mg per day just seems to make me grumpy. | F | 27 | 2 months | 11/1/2007 | 3 | dermatomyositis | extreme weight gain,stretch marks,moon face heartburn nausea severe leg and foot cramps | i am now being weaned off for a second time i am experiencing extreme back pain and muscle spasms which i had about 4 months ago and had just finally went back to work has anyone else expierienced this side effect while reducing your dose no one seems to know what is causing this even after a week long visit to the hospital | F | 22 | 8 months | 10/9/2007 | 4 | Knee Joint Inflammation (both) | My side effects are mood related. I would always get comments on being so poised and patient. However, my patience isn't what it used to be. I get grumpy a whole lot easier. I work with kids and adults with developmental disabilities, so patience is a must. I can control myself but I end up feeling extremely pissed off on the inside. It's not fun. A good part about this is that I'm more likely to speak up about something. I was always a very shy person. This drug may have helped bring me out of my shell a bit. For no apparent reason both of my knee joints filled up with fluid. I never got a real answer about the cause. Just that it wasn't this and it wasn't that, etc. Possibly Lupus, but not a diagnoses. Well, Prednisone's effectiveness was AMAZING. The fluid/inflammation started going away very quickly. I was so thankful because I couldn't walk for a week because of the inflammation. When I was put on it again about 4 months later for my asthma it again helped very quick | It made my joint and lung inflammation go away very quickly, at the expense of what seem to be permanent changes in my mood - less patience. | F | 22 | 6 days | 9/21/2007 | 3 | lupus | moon face, increased appetite, crazy mood swings, weight gain. When tapering off the prednisone I would notice leg pain and cramps for a few days after I lowered my dosage. | To the person whose teeth are falling out... please find out if you can get a bone density scan. I have been on prednisone for 7 years now. My bone's are 10 times more likely to break than a normal female of my age, so I have started taking 1000 mgs of calcium every day in addition to Boniva once a month, to rebuild my bones. If you have been on prednisone for any length of time, you need to have your bones analyzed. I'd also like to mention that when tapering off prednisone, at 2.5 mgs I started to experience depression, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea (every day for 2 months), dizziness, salt cravings and weakness. I was sick for 3 months before we realized the prednisone had caused a secondary adrenal insufficiency, meaning my adrenal glands couldn't produce enough cortisol for me to be healthy. Get this checked out if you are tapering prednisone and have these symptoms... you may need to take MORE prednisone for a while and taper even slower than you were before. I do however recomm | F | 20 | 7 years | 9/11/2007 | 1 | uncerative colitis | increased appetite, moon face, unusual weight distribution, mood swings, lethargy, acid reflux, purple veins visible all over my face and legs. | I take this junk off and on when my colitis comes out of remission and I hate it. I lie to my doctor and tell him I feel better just to stop taking the prednisone. I usually take it for between 6 weeks and a year each time. I don't know if these are related or it's just a weird coincidence...but while taking it my teeth went from healthy to all breaking and falling out! | F | 29 | 1 years | 8/10/2007 | 5 | asthma, polymyalgia rheumatica | None | I take for asthma attacks and I am taking now for polymyalgia rheumatica (pmr). I found at age 65 that my 4-6 weeks of violent coughing following common colds, for my entire life, was cold-induced asthma. For 3 colds since then, hitting the cold with prednisone regime such as 4 days x 40 mg, then 4 x 20 mg, then 4 x 10 mg, then 4 x 5 mg kills the cough. I no longer fear colds. I have had pmr for about 9 months, with pain in upper arms, shoulders, hips that was debilitating. Doctor diagnosed pmr 4 months ago, and I have taken 5 mg prednisone 3 times daily since then, which removes all pmr symptoms. So prednisone has given me back parts of my life, without apparent side effects. | M | 67 | 4 months | 7/25/2007 | 1 | Hives, achy joints, inflamed knee | Horrible side effects! Full onset of arthritis in hips and shoulders, muscle fatigue, belly fat, sleepless nights, moodiness, random blisters, inflamed navel, inflamed rt. testicle. Bed ridden for three weeks, still can't go to work. Naproxen seems to have little effect. | Apparently suppressed my immune system and allowed all the "old demons" to come raging in! Started with 60 mg / day and tapered, but begged off after six out of seven days ... simply couldn't handle it anymore. I wouldn't wish this drug on my worst enemy ... | M | 60 | 6 days | 7/22/2007 | 2 | drug reaction to antibiotic | eeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I got the mood swings and 'roid rage like you wouldn't believe. ANgry, enraged about most everything. Impatient, despairing, scared, paranoid, want to give up, overwhelmed with hopelessness, suicidal, yuck. All this about stuff that had felt manageable the day before! | IT has calmed down the joint and muscle pain that were a bad reaction to the antibiotic. I don't know which is more frightening--the joint and muscle pain from hell, or the rage and moods so out of control. I HATE THIS STUFF. | F | 50 | 2 days | 7/18/2007 | 3 | dermatomyositis | moodiness, weight gain, increased appetite, thinning hair, trouble sleeping, stomach irritation | F | 30 | 2 months | 7/5/2007 | 2 | inflammation of nerves in the arm | Insomnia, increased appetite, aggressive behavior, severe mood swings, mild sexual side effects, heightened emotional sensitivity, and at its worst severe depression. | I would DEFINITELY not recommend taking this drug if you live in a highly stressful environment and can otherwise avoid it. The medicine only heightened my stress level to the point of being nearly suicidal, and I didn't start feeling myself again until several months after I stopped taking the medicine. As for its effect on the inflammation, the doctor also recommended a high dose of Naproxen, so it was hard to tell whether one helped over the other. However, I still take the Naproxen as needed and have had few complications since. Wouldn't touch Prednisone again if I could help it. Just wasn't for me. | M | 21 | 3 weeks | 6/30/2007 | 4 | Crohn's Disease | Increased appetite. Increased Acne. Slight facial "puffiness." Tasted horrible. | Initially prescribed Prednisone, Asacol, and 6-MP all at once. Prednisone made me feel 100% better but the doctors worried about long term effects and tapered me off. The 6-MP seemed to be making me sick, esp. after the doctor increased the dosage. I wound up in the hospital for a few days with mild pancreatitis which I believe was caused by the 6-MP. Once off of all medications but Asacol (and over the counter drugs such as Immodium and Digestive Advantage Crohn's) I felt good and was later diagnosed as being in full remission. However, I believe the Prednisone was instrumental in getting me to the point where Asacol could maintain the remission. SUMMARY: This drug knocked out my Crohn's within a week or two of starting therapy. I was so terribly disappointed by the fact that I had to stop taking it (dangerous long term side effects according to the doctors). When I was on it, I felt like I was a completely new man. No Crohn's symptoms whatsoever and also eliminated knee pain I'd had | M | 31 | 3 months | 6/25/2007 | 3 | SLE, Ulcerative Colitis, RA | Weight gain, sensitive teeth, neuralgia (swelling of facial nerve), osteoporosis, thyroid problems, mood swings, increased appetite | I have taken Prednisone on and off for over 20 years. I am currently tapering off of 40 mg, this time I had about 10 lbs weight gain. The teeth sensitivity is new for me, as well as teh horrible neuralgia! I really hate this drug, but sometimes it is a neccessary evil to put out a fire... | F | 33 | 4 months | 6/4/2007 |