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Taking Methylprednisolone
206 Patients currently take Methylprednisolone
194 Patients stopped taking Methylprednisolone
Don3567 Sensation: moderate Overall: severe Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: severe See profile Don3567 Solu-Medrol, 0g daily since Jun 14, 2008
HeatherKB Sensation: moderate Overall: mild Cognition: moderate Vision: none Speech: none Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile HeatherKB Medrol DosePak, 4mg daily since Aug 29, 2008
mommyof3girls Sensation: moderate Overall: mild Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: mild Swallowing: mild Upper limb: moderate Walking: mild See profile mommyof3girls Medrol DosePak, 12mg daily since Aug 01, 2008

Brand Names: Medrol DosePak, Solu-Medrol, Solu-Medrol infusion
Generic Name: Methylprednisolone
See also: Methylprednisolone (Infusion)

What is Methylprednisolone? Methylprednisolone is a synthetic corticosteroid drug used to treat relapses in MS. Read more...

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Reasons Taken

400 patients in the community are taking or have taken Methylprednisolone.

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	145	34%
Slow my MS progress	123	29%
Stiffness/spasticity	30	7%
Pain	24	5%
disease-related symptoms	19	4%
Fatigue	12	2%
General health	9	2%
Optic neuritis (inflammation of optic nerve)	5	1%
Balance issues	5	1%
Don't know	4	<1%
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)	4	<1%
Bladder problems	3	<1%
Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia)	3	<1%
Brain fog	2	<1%
Mobility	2	<1%
Sensation	2	<1%
Double vision (diplopia)	2	<1%
Heavy sensation in legs	2	<1%
Blurry vision	2	<1%
Walking difficulty without aid	2	<1%
Dizziness	1	<1%
Weakness in legs	1	<1%
Loss of use of right side	1	<1%
Pain and weakness in hands and arms from the elbows down	1	<1%
Burning sensation all around torso-like a tight belt	1	<1%
Speech ataxia-problems coordinating speech	1	<1%
Sensory dysfunction, extreme	1	<1%
Vision loss	1	<1%
Difficulty walking	1	<1%
Left leg weakness, pain, stiffness	1	<1%
Gait	1	<1%
Numbness	1	<1%
Numbness in my hands, arms, legs, and waist	1	<1%
Optic Neuritis, off and on again	1	<1%
Numbness, right foot	1	<1%
Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES) due to MS	1	<1%
Vision	1	<1%
Headache	1	<1%
Pins and needle in feet & legs	1	<1%
Numbness, face	1	<1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Methylprednisolone.

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0 g day	0 mg day	0 g month	0 mg month	0 month	0 g none	0 hr none	0 mg none	0 none	1 g month	1 g day	1 day	4 mg day	7.5 day	1000 mg month	12 mg day	16 mg day	24 mg day	1000 mg month	40 mg day	96 mg day	3000 mg month	100 mg day	1000 mg week	250 mg day	10000 mg month	500 mg day	1000 g day	1000 mg day	2000 mg day
1	23	1	5	7	5	1	15	12	7	8	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	13	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	31	1

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Methylprednisolone or how long patients were taking Methylprednisolone before stopping.

Currently taking Methylprednisolone

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
6	11	29	30	15	57

Stopped taking Methylprednisolone

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
117	16	8	12	14	37

Why Patients Stopped Taking Methylprednisolone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended	171	84%
Did not seem to work	15	7%
Side effects too severe	14	7%
Doctor's advice	13	6%
Other	10	5%
Not indicated	10	5%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 15 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major	25%	2
Moderate	25%	2
Slight	13%	1
None	13%	1
Can't tell	25%	2

Slow my MS progress

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	40%	6
Moderate	20%	3
Mild	27%	4
None	13%	2

Top reported side-effects include: Insomnia, Sleeplessness, Anxiety

Summary results are based on 15 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 15)

moogie16

Sensation: moderate

Overall: moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: severe

Speech: moderate

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate

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by moogie16
Aug 20, 2008

EfficacyModerate
Side-effectsMild

Stiffness/spasticity

Advice/Tips: Too much for too long is probably not good.

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Flowers

Flare-up: severe

Sensation: moderate

Overall: moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: moderate

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate

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by Flowers
Aug 21, 2008

EfficacyMajor
Side-effectsSevere

Slow my MS progress

Advice/Tips: I know alot of people aren't into this treatment, but it's done wonders for me in the past and I will continue with it if I need to.

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