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The Prednisone Poll - wean away! by Sara G. Patient Expert Raise your hand if you are currently taking or have ever taken prednisone for lupus? Yup - just as I thought. A sea full of hands! I, of course, have been on ( and blogged about ) prednisone...
Prescriptions 101: Prednisone by Sara G. Patient Expert Ah. Where to start with a drug like Prednisone . There were months when I referred... that I couldn't have made it year after year without those magic little pills. Prednisone...
The Prednisone Blues by Sasha .. Patient Expert Now I’ve been on prednisone for 1 month and I feel so “yucky” and fat. I... to describe my sentiments now. Ironically, Prednisone helps the swelling go down dramatically...
Prednisone by Amy Silcox Patient Expert I'm starting to think my Cyster Tara is on to something....a maintenance dose of prednisone... in the works. This all leads me to think that I just need something to control the inflammation that I am not...
Let’s talk about PREDNISONE by Romelette L. Patient Expert I was drinking my dose of prednisone this morning so I told myself to write about it on this blog since PRED is I think the most popular drug for LUPUS. I have been taking prednisone since 2002. And I know...
Prednisone Alternative by COPDsurvivor Patient Expert -induced asthma, and I am allergic to albuterol. My physicians have me take prednisone when I have an attack.... Albuterol is a symptom reliever. It relaxes and opens the airways and works within a few minutes to relieve...
More Prednisone Blues by Sasha .. Patient Expert . It can take such a toll on the mind and soul. I can’t wait to get off Prednisone. It’s so hard not to eat the entire... to explode I was so upset. My real weight is 125. I hope I can get back to that once the Prednisone stops...
Officially off Prednisone!! by Sasha .. Patient Expert I am now officially 5 days off of prednisone.  This evil beast.  Look up prednisone in google...’m also on methotrexate - which supresses the immune system - it’s violent…now on antibiotics.  i did have to miss work...
Prednisone by Taxingwoman Patient Expert for Prednisone, an anti inflammatory drug I took years ago for asthma. Not too thrilled about taking... holding my breathe for this wahser nonsense to be resolved. A guy at work was commenting...
Doctor 3.0: Prednisone experiment abandoned. by Melissa Bastian Patient ExpertFacebook Well I saw the doc once again today. He... forgot that he put me on prednisone. I think he... I reminded him that he'd started me on the prednisone, he asked me how it was going. Ha. And the truth...

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Is anyone taking flexeril for their RA?
I was taking methotrexate and prednisone for 5 months and then they stopped working. The Doctor upped both meds but after weeks they both stopped working. I was put on flexeril and I thought, what... to me over the phone. Well I am suprised to say it is working. How long I don't know. The prednisone did help my back...crap

I need to stop caughing!
I am taking prednisone and cough med but no work I have been caughing for two days, constantly and can't take it! need suggestions thanks Olgacrap

Plaquenil + hair loss? My physicain says this is rare but I am seeing hair loss after 3 mo.
Also taking 5mg Prednisone q day.  The Plaquenil is working and providing relief.  Hope to wean completely off Prednisone in a couple of months. Anyone else seeing hair loss from these drugs, alone or in combination?   Cerebellumcrap

I have a question about reducing prednisone...
My rheumy asked me to try to take 10 mg of prednisone a day and see how it works. I was takin 15 mg a day becuase I had a flare and my ankles were huge and hurt like crazy. So...........I have been taking 10 mg of prednisone a day this week.  Result: ankles are getting big again. I thought...crap

hgh and prednisone
im like the after picture of lipoatrophy. Does hgh work? and my doc gave me prednisone to help....and by the way, im in columbus, ga. via S.F. and got culture shock !!!!! thomas54 hgh and prednisone Prednisone... the protein catabolic effects of prednisone, four groups of eight healthy volunteers...crap

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If i take prednisone )20mg) and work out will my muscles build up and will i gain weight? I have lipoatropy in face arms and legs as bad as any "after" picture Gerald Pierone, M.D. prednisone Hello and thanks for posting. Prednisone is a corticosteroid, an anti-inflammatory agent. Anabolic steroids...crap

Can I take prednisone if I recieve the allergy shots?
I star my allergy shots, but I like to take prednisone bc this medicine works for me carloscrap

Looks like RA....
I have started taking methotrexate after 15 months on Azulfadine, plaqunil and prednisone.  It has been tough with lots of symptoms, side effects and difficulty trying to work, parent and live.  I was diagnosed with Sarcoidosis and it has become sarcoid arthritus.  I look forward to hearing...crap

I'm being treated for Polymyalgia Rheumatica with prednisone. Is there any other med available?
I was diagnoised with PMR March 2007. Started with 40 mg of prednisone and down to 5 mg in June... to eleivate most of the symptons. I'm having a very hard time working & social obligations are nearly all cut out. I also have type 2 diabetes. I want and need to get off the prednisone. It is causing...crap

Has anyone ever had any problems with tissue loss around a steroid injection site?
Hi, first of all I would like to thank everyone that replied to my question about Prednisone.... Other than that, like i said the new medicine is working better than the others I've tried so I've been able to steer clear of Prednisone & Methotroxate (?) which are my next choices of drugs for my pain. Doc...crap