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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PREDNISONE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | polymyalgia rheumatica | The main side effect at this point is thinning skin . The need for cataract surgery was accelerated. It's an effective drug but I have been trying to find a way to get off of it. I have been down to 5 mg. But had to increase due to spasms/pain in the back of my head and neck. It seems like this drug is the best choice for PMR. Would like to hear from others with this diagnosis. | F | 70 | 2 years 7 | 4/23/2014 | 1 | Wegeners granulomatosis | Besides all the other horrible side effects, over a period of one and a half years I was admitted to emergency by ambulance approximately 60 times. What was happening was that any unpredictable day I would feel severe fatigue and throughout the day progressively became more and more aggressive. By the evening, I would start preparing my evening meal and would have a beer while waiting to eat. Suddenly my appetite would disappear. This I noticed was a warning sign. After a number of previous admissions, I would take a sleeping pill and intend sleeping through it. I would then wake up and find myself in A&E on a drip and totally confused. The doctors would blame me for drinking and popping sleepers. Not once did they try to figure out what was really happening. After stopping the meds the hospital visits stopped. After some research I found it was physcosis caused by predisolone. The doctors still think it was me!!!!!! | A very dangerous drug. My description of my experience was a very short version. Many more problems were experienced. The most horrific experience in my life. | M | 60 | 20mg 1X day | 4/16/2014 | 3 | Allergy | Prednisone really helped get rid of sores I was getting all over my body for a not-yet-tested allergy I have. I have an IgE of 134. Now that I'm off prednisone I always feel depressed, my eyes hurt, my body hurts, and the sores are coming back. Why is that happening? Does that mean my allergy is resistant to prednisone? If that's the case, howcome the meds worked when I was on them? Maybe two weeks wasn't enough of a course. | F | 20 | 2 weeks Just 2 tabs a day (D | 4/14/2014 | 1 | crohns colitis | Uncontrollable hugely Increased appetite, weight gain, moon-face, buffalo hump, bloated stretched stomach, breathless, insomnia, burning stomach, aching joints, crying for nothing, confidence destroyed, lethargic, bed wetting, shaking hands, inability to do slightest work i.e. hoover up or put washing out without feeling I was going to have a heart attack through breathlessness. Heavy feelings in arms and legs. Starting to taper off and now on 25mg and symptoms of cc all coming back. As your body is forced to stop producing adrenalin then expected to start reproducing once dosage of pred dropped this is a dangerous drug and I don't know where the benefits have come into it? Felt fantastic for first 2 weeks but now going backwards. I feel like I am buried alive, witnessing my body being taken over by this drug. I just want to get off it and stay off it. I would sooner be dead than live like this as I feel hideous, a burden and have no life. | F | 49 | 9 weeks 40mg | 4/13/2014 | 1 | Persistent chronic severe asthma | Weight gain, severe joint pain, hip pain, depression, chest pains, blood clots, insomnia, anxiety, low immune system, temp. Diabetes, thyroid lump, right leg numbness. | F | 39 | 10 years 60mg | 4/9/2014 | 3 | nephrotic syndrome | Got diabetes from it along with moon face,loss taste buds,hair got straighter. legs felt very heavy,feeling off balance and very shaky, and thats when i was on 60mg.right now on 40mg feeling better then before but still sick.This is a very dangerous drug that i would not recoment to anyone unles they really need it.I have nehrotic syndrome. | F | 61 | 10 months 40mg | 3/26/2014 | 1 | Unknown skin breakout on incision | 30 lb weight gain. Extreme moon face swelling and weight gain under chin and everywhere. Extreme heartburn and bad sinus burning all the time . Milk is the I Only thing that helps the heartburn . Extreme depression I do not want to leave the house because of how I look and depression. Hard to walk because of joints and feel like my legs don't want to do what I want them to. Can't sleep, can't think, suicidal , all of other side effects Everyone is mentioning..a rash blew up all along my surgery incision still cannot diagnose . Prednisone has ruined my life. I am not the same person inside and out. I will never take it again even if my life depends on it . Because even alive on it, I am dead to he world. Please let me know If you know of another drug that would work | F | 46 | 2 months 60 MG | 2/25/2014 | 4 | Skin issues | Awful water retention that caused trouble breathing. Bp soared and had palpitations and stomach burn. Hate the stuff but have a terrible rash that keeps coming back and no one can figure out why | F | 37 | 10 days 40 m | 2/11/2014 | 1 | low cortisol | I was in a permanent rage. My head was foggy, I lost half a stone. In the end my head fealt like it was bursting. Took me weeks to recover. I was scared to drive any where, half of me was saying 'I don't know how to get there, the other half was saying you drive that route every day'. All steroids make me very ill | F | 58 | 3 weeks 1mg | 1/31/2014 | 1 | Ulcerative colitis | Dry mouth, blurry/double vision, insomnia, shaky hands, nose bleeds, stomach ulcers, dry nasal passageway, water retention, black circles under eye, pale skin, blushing, moon face, weight gain, increased appetite | F | 27 | 7 weeks 40 | 1/30/2014 | 3 | Crohns. Anti-inflammatory | I was starting to have mood swings. it would enhance my mood, for example i would get very mad easily and i normally have a great temper. Also it made my cry for stupid things and sometimes uncontrolllably | M | 16 | 3 months 15 | 1/22/2014 | 5 | Rhinitis | I suffer the most horrible sinus problems. Allergies to everything - the most horrible sinus congestion - and I got addicted to over-the-counter sinus spray - it got so bad it went on for 3 years plus then I couldn't even breathe at all through my nose, it was obstructing my eating, my sleeping, my hearing, my ears were plugging up, it was a nightmare. I couldn't even talk and breathe at the same time, or eat comfortably and the migraines started coming. 2 years ago I had to go on Topamax for the migraines not knowing it was caused by the head congestion. The Topamax wrecked my life. I managed to wean myself off the Hideous Topamax. - Way worse than Prednisone!!!.. it was a horrible vicious cycle. I went to a specialist ENT who put me on Prednisone while I wean off the addiction to nasal spray. (Severe Congestion Afrin) the first few days it gave me terrible period-like cramps similarly to contractions. Then the hurt burn kicked in. Insatiable appetite. Swelling of face wasn't too bad because my face was already puffy from the head congestion - particularly mornings.. I just started the 2nd week tapering off from 30x2 day to 20mg x2. Prednisone. I have used 1/3 less Afrin + prescribed Nasonex and hope to beat it by final 3rd week of tapering off. I have good energy and have started walking everyday. It feels wonderful to get a good nights sleep and actually breathe deep breaths the entire night without waking up gagging for nasal spray. I can read my son story books without | F | 42 | 3 weeks 30x2-Taper | 11/8/2013 | 3 | Crohn's Disease | Stunted growth, acne, early arthritis, Jewfro, spider veins on face and legs, INSATIABLE APPETITE, weight gain, abdominal bloat, moonface, suppressed immunity, high sex drive, insomnia/sleep delay, 'roid rage, probably osteoporosis | I got Crohn's at the age of 10, which itself stunted my growth and left me malnourished because I couldn't absorb nutrients. The abdominal pain was escrutiating! Words cannot describe how bad it hurt! The only reason I gave it 3 stars is because, in spite of all the shitty side effects, it masked all of my severe pain. It worked within 2 hours of a flareup or discontinuation. So for my severe pain and malnutrition, the benefits outweighed the risks. I was nothing without this drug. Too bad the treatment itself also stunted my growth in addition to the disease itself doing just that. It also won't make you pretty. At all. And that was really rough, being female, and in adolescense, with cruel schoolmates constantly telling me how "ugly" I was, as if I could help it. It made my formerly straight, smooth manageable hair into a frizzy puffy unmanageable mess, and that was permanent to this day, long after being off of it. My first GI tried cold-turkeying me off when I was 14, and I only lasted 8 days. It hurt like hell to eat, to even look at food, and I had an awful fever. After calling the GI, he got me back at 20 mg, and I felt great within 2 hours. As an adult, I got an even better GI who tapered my dose gradually over the years. Thank god I've been in remission for over a decade so far and haven't needed that crap for a while. | F | 42 | 18 years up to 25mg 1X day | 10/25/2013 | 3 | Viral infection upper/ astma | Taken prednisone 6 mths ago when admitted to ER for pleurisy worked straight away, on them for a month 40mg aday for a week then reduced by one tablet until one aday, bloating in face, now taken prednisone for chest infection caused my astma to set off, 30 mg for 5 days only on my 3rd day of taken them don't feel any better, aches & pains in hips knees & elbows & my head feels so conjested it could explode . Taken antibiotics aswell my dosage of inhaler have been increased | F | 42 | 5 days 30 mg | 10/6/2013 | 2 | Plantar Fasciitis | Took a 6 day course 10mgx6 first day, 10mgx5 second day, etc. Doctor warned me of side effects. I was wired and moody during the high dose days. Interestingly, my other pains (hip, IT band, etc.) as well as my ulcerative colitis seemed to flare up when I was told that they would likely incidentally benefit from the Prednisone. The first couple days off the med my hip and leg pain and UC worsened even more, and I felt like I had the flu from the waist down. This pain coming off the drug seemed to be news to the doctor. I feel much better today (third day off). | Overall not terrible (it was only a few days), but I don't feel like it did much for my foot problem. | F | 43 | 6 days 60,50,40.. 6X day | 10/1/2013 | 5 | Colitis Crohn's disease | First week bloating headaches crampy legs but week two no side effect lovely appetite loads energy felt positive stomach felt great after months pain.It working wonders for me!! | 43 | 3 days 40 | 9/28/2013 | 4 | For my poison ivy rash | None I only took one dose so far | F | 42 | 5 days 50mg | 9/28/2013 | 4 | asthma | Unfortunately the length of time in years doesn't go to 41 years. That is the length of time I've taken prednisone every day unless I, was to sick to swallow the pills. I've weigjhed from 128# to 270#. I' ve been hospitalized for trying to kill myself, when cutting down from a high dose to fast. I,m 62yo but look like I'm in my late late 70's. My buffalo hump hurts bad at times. I have a moon face. I had a total hip replacement due to avascular nicosis. I do take an antidepressant or noone could live with me from the mood swings. I eat no added salt, lots of fruits and vegetables. I'm currently on 10 mg daily. When I need to take extra doses, I puff up so much people don't recognise me. I realize the prednisone has probably saved my life, but I wouldn't wish this on anyone. For young women pregnancy isn't recommended. I had our son before taking prednisone, which was good. There is a movie from the 1950's or 60's about a man who takes prednisone (cortisone). Anyone taking prednisone and their families should watch. It's not in color but worth watching. I rated the satisfaction as 4, because it controls my asthma. I' d rate the side effects as mostly dissatisfactory. Thanx for the chance to sure my experiece. Kathleen | F | 62 | 1 years 1- 60 mg | 8/28/2013 | 1 | chest infection | headache... fast heartbeat.. feeling so ill only after 2 days been on them felt like i was dying | F | 43 | 6 days 30 | 8/22/2013 | 4 | MS flare | Intense sweating, raging hunger, irritability, insomnia, crazy energy | I've had to take prednisone a couple times as part of a gradually decreasing 3-week taper after IV steroids for multiple sclerosis flares. Prednisone is a catch-22: it's horrible, but it actually works. I'm on day 7 of 21 for treatment and I've gained 8 pounds already! Most of the extra weight is due to swelling and bloating and gradually goes down when the treatment is done, but I'm typically left with 3-5 more pounds after each time I take it. I do like the intense energy burst and wiredness I get while I'm taking it and I use it to clean my house and get lots of stuff done, but it's not exactly a good energy. It's more like restlessness and agitation. Yet I can count on it to knock out the flare-ups of my illness. It's not enjoyable at all, but it really does work. | F | 39 | 21 days 60 1X day | 8/20/2013 |