PREDNISONE Reviews (PREDNISONE)Average Rating: 2.5 (617 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PREDNISONE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PREDNISONE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | asthma | huge problems with depression | have never had problems with depression before this. Taking this drug produced a 'steroid induced psychosis' causing unbelievable depression, suicide attempts, memory loss. After 3 days I could not think at all. Did not sleep for 5 days. It has been 2 months since being taken off the drug and I still have constantly recurring periods of amnesia and anxiety. This drug may be a miracle for some, but it was a killer for me. | M | 42 | 14 days | 11/22/2006 | 2 | crohn's | dizziness, inibility to sleep, irritability, severe joint pain, blurriness of vision, double vision (only once), all around crazy felling. | it works great in short spans, but i took it for almost two years at a time usually 15mg. most recent dosage was 60mg but now completely off... not worth side effects. have been taking it on and off for ten years before taking remicade. | M | 22 | | 11/16/2006 | 5 | Bels Palsy | Dizziness, sleepiness and extreme irritability. | I had a horrible outbreak of Bels Palsy. The entire left side of my face was paralyzed. When I smiled, only half of my face moved..I couldn't taste on the left side of my tongue, and had to wear sunglasses incase something were to come close to my left eye. (I wouldnt have been able to close it fast enough). Within 3-4 weeks, the Bels Palsy was gone. I have occasional outbreaks, however, they come back less severe each time. I have gone with out having a recurrence for a couple of years now. | F | 18 | 10 times | 11/14/2006 | 1 | Asthma | You name it, I had it. Weight gain, horrible strech marks, moon face, buffalo hump, increased blood sugar (I was given insulin), very moody, depressed/emotionally numb, memory trouble, muscle weakness, muscle loss, bad acne, yellowish skintone, a lot of trouble sleeping, severe indigustion/hearburn, heart palpitations, ringing in ears, joint aches, headaches, bone pain, osteoperosis. | Diabedics and people with osteoperosis beware!! This medication causes potentially high blood sugar and bone loss! I'd recommend a low-sugar/carb diet on this stuff if you are experiencing applicable side effects. Also, bulk up on calcium supplemnets! I didn't take enough calcium and I have osteoperosis at only 23! I've already broken 2 bones (one rib and one back rib) as a result, and the rib fracture hurt like H*LL! The only way I take it now is if I'm on (another) deathbed. Otherwise, I despise it. | F | 23 | 3546854 times | 11/3/2006 | 3 | Ulcerative Colitis | HUNGRY all the time... resulting severe weight gain in short amount of time. Mood swings. Round face. Tired. Memory not so great. | Recently had a baby had to be on drug before delivery because my symptoms were so bad. Just starting to taper off after 2 months. Any suggestions for another type of med without the above side effects. | F | 34 | 60 days | 11/2/2006 | 4 | asthma. | extreme hunger. | Prednisone kicked my asthma flair up within a day. the only crappy part was that i Wanted to eat anything within sight. But, as long as you can control your desire to eat eat eat, then prednisone works wonders. | F | 22 | 5 days | 10/17/2006 | 2 | treatment of myasthenia gravis | Moonface, body edema, fatigue, acne, mood swings. | Also risked development of diabetes and glaucoma. After taking for 7 months, not sure if benefits outweigh the risks, and negative side effects. | M | 32 | 7 months | 10/2/2006 | 1 | Possible Asthma, rapid breathing | This was prescribed to my 2 year old daughter for the second time now. Brought her to the ER when she was breathing 40 breaths a min. She took it for 5 days about 3 weeks ago. Her personality has changed, she is very irratable and moody, aggressive, wakes up throughout the night. She also has had a reaccuring rash around her mouth for about 2 weeks. I am not positive it is from this medicine, but after reading other comments I believe its related. Be very careful when using this med with children. I am going to do everything I can to keep her off it in the future! Also, I would stay away from crowded places and sick ppl because of the weakened immune system. | F | 2 | 5 days | 9/28/2006 | 5 | RA | Round face, mild sleeplessness, weight gain up to a big 125 lbs from a 105 lbs bone. | 4 years ago I couldn't drive my car to work from pain in my arms. I've had RA for 45 years and prednisone is what keeps me going. I maintain a "normal" lifestyle thanks to prednisone. My doctor tried to convince me to switch to methotrexate for no apparent reason (he didn't have one other than "it's safer") which I can't find any proof of. From one evil to another when this evil is working? Nope. | F | 45 | 4 days | 9/26/2006 | 3 | Auto-immune? Hanna's disease | So imunosuppressed that I almost died. Moon face, Weight gain, Mood swings, Sleep disorders, Muscle loss, Buffalo hump, Loss of taste, vision issues. Skin destroyed (especially @ 80 mgs), poor to non-existent healing. Diabetes (insulin dependant). Fecal incontinence due to sphincter muscle weakness. Premature ageing. | Prednisone surely has prolonged my life. However, I am told the sideffects will kill me fairly soon. My dose has varied from 20mg to 80 mg, but averaged 40mgs. Currently also taking methotrexate which allows me to take less pred. I recomend this combination. | M | 58 | 7 years | 9/13/2006 | 5 | Asthma | One time taking with an antibiotic which said might have the side effect of mood swings experienced extreme aggression. | Take only with asthma episode. When first hospitalized with asthma attack, given nebulizers. Did not like the side effects of the nebulizers at all. After 2 days still felt bad, so mydoctor prescribed predinsone. Worked beautifully. Works better than puffers for the tightness and coughing with asthma. When I have an asthma attack (50 percent capacity) I ask for this drug and get relief. | F | 40 | 1 years | 8/30/2006 | 1 | recurrent anaphylaxis | Blood pressure all over the place, dizzy, confused, weak. Headache. Difficulty sleeping... | I can't wait to get off of this stuff. I cannot function in my head at all. This is day 4 or 5 of a 12 day regime. Don't think I can endure the prescribed course... | M | 43 | 4 days | 8/24/2006 | 5 | RA | Increased urination, dizziness, weight gain, fatigue | Once I was diagnosed with RA and began this drug, I was able to move again. I certainly don't like waking up 5x a night to use the bathroom, but I certainly don't want to go back to not being able to move much without severe pain in my feet and hands. | F | 47 | 10 months | 8/23/2006 | 4 | Crohns/UC | Terrible acne. Moonface and weight gain. Trouble sleeping. | It's made life more managable but I hate the acne although I guess it's a small price to pay. Still taking it. | M | 19 | 5 months | 8/21/2006 | 1 | UC | Pretty much every side effect that it had, plus I took it in high school so the feeling that no ones likes you, the anxiety, and the depression have all followed me and it is horrible | I would rather die than ever take this again. It is easy for short time users to say its great but long term is horrible especially if you were on a high dose for 3 years because you get every side effect and it deteriorates your bones. Also there is a much worse experience when you take it in high school. It has scarred me for life and I do not reccomend this to anyone. Its bad enough that my weight fluctuated like crazy and my face was huge, and now I must look back at high school photos and be reminded of this. I had night sweats, heart palpitations, depression, anxiety, moon face, acne(I had perfect skin before this), I now have vision problems, Increased sensitivity to the sun(I had never had a sunburn until I took prednisone), My Olive skin tone is now paler which does upset too(It is disheartening when your physical appearance changes), and so many more. I don't know if the people who gave this a good rating really knows what it does to people long term. Because I took it at a v | F | 21 | 3 years | 7/19/2006 | 1 | UC | continuation of last post, got cut off | Because I took it at a vunerable time in life and at a high dose the side effects were very damaging to my life. SOME OF THESE SIDE EFFECTS NEVER GO AWAY!(many sites with the side effects will warn you of this too) | F | 21 | 3 years | 7/19/2006 | 2 | swollen submandibular gland | nervousness, anxiety, 1 nasty panic attack with severe dizziness and heart pounding, lightheadedness (felt as though I was outside my body looking in - horrible), shakiness, thigh fatigue especially in the morning upon rising, side effects slow to resolve even after stopping the medication | side effects in particular the lightheadedness/disorientation remained 1 week after stopping the medication, have some burning pain around the pectoral muscle, esp. left side which came on and abated during treatment has now returned 7 days after discontinuing, hope to never take this again | M | 44 | 9 days | 7/16/2006 | 4 | | 7/15/2006 | 3 | Myasthenia Gravis | acne, stretch marks, hair loss, moon face, cateracts, extreme thinning of skin, scars don't heal, insomnia | I've been taking 15mg every other day for 10 years. Recently experiencing increase in MG symptoms and am supposed to start a taper course tomorrow - 60mg every day for 6 days, 40mg for 6 days, 30mg for 6 days and then 30mg every other day as maintenance for a while. I've been through IVIG and plasmapheresis several times and don't know what else to do to get the MG under control, but 60mg seems like a pretty high dose. Oh how I wish someone would figure out how to cure these autoimmune diseases! | F | 37 | 12 years | 7/6/2006 | 3 | ITP (thrombocytopenia) | ALL OF THEM! weight gain, mood swings, moon face, insomnia...etc. | Necessary evil sometimes...it sucks, but is better than the alternative | F | 33 | 4 years | 6/23/2006 |