Prednisone works but there are reasons for why it's the drug of last resort for Crohn's Disease. It stiffened my joints, particularly my knees, and gave me a raging appetite I could not control. Significant weight gain was the result. My face became swollen, and I got a hump on my back.
Altogether, prednisone works, but be prepared for the side effects.
Cost:
< $25 monthly
Date
Jul 06, 2011
Advice & Tips
Prednisone works, but the side effects are serious. Weight gain, binge eating, and facial swelling are all problems.
Cost:
< $25 monthly
Date
Nov 21, 2010
Advice & Tips
I hate prednisone. The side effects are killer. But it works.
Cost:
< $25 monthly
Date
Sep 11, 2008
Advice & Tips
If you need it, take it, but I don't like being on this drug. There's the general effects of taking a steroid, plus the raging appetite, and the stiffness in my legs from the knees down.
Purpose:Wegener's granulomatosis(Started Aug 30, 2002)
Date
Dosage
Efficacy
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
Jul 14, 2011
20 mg
Daily
Major
Moderate
Usually
Not at all
Side effects:
Weight gain, Fluid retention weight gain, Irritable and grouchy, Insomnia (less then 2 hours sleep), Constant hunger
Date
Jul 14, 2011
Advice & Tips
Do research yourself on how to wean off of prednisone or any steroid. My doc's orders did not seem to be complete, for coming down from higher doses all the way to nothing. At 15mg, your body will react badly if you do not moderate the dosage (a lower one than you have been coming down from. If, say, you've been coming down by 5 or 2.5mg a week, at 15mg you need to come down slower or you could suffer severe and even life-threatening withdrawal. You need to be sure your body is now making cortisol itself in sufficient quantities -- I was told none of this -- and there is even a test for this: ask for the "ACTH" test.
If you get sicker when coming weaning down, do the research to check to see if you're possibly coming down too fast. Call your doc & request the test. You may even want to go up a little on your dosage, and come down more slowly, until you get in to the office to be seen.
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