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What is Methylprednisolone?

Methylprednisolone is a synthetic corticosteroid drug used primarily as an anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressant agent for diseases of hematologic, allergic, inflammatory, neoplastic, and autoimmune origin; also for graft-versus-host disease.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken
# of patients Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
Multiple Sclerosis MS 332 92
Other 191 39
Relapse MS (exacerbation) 66 30
Stiffness/Spasticity 60 12
Pain 54 15
relapse 45 16

See all 415 patients currently taking Methylprednisolone

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
60
Moderate
90
Mild
90
None
64

Most commonly reported side effects

Metallic taste in mouth
48
Taste changed
44
Insomnia
43
Weight gain
41
Sleeplessness
41
Increased appetite
29
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Methylprednisolone. See all 121 dosages ►

  0mg as needed 1000 as needed 1000 mg as needed 1000mg as needed 15mg as needed 1 g as needed 1g as needed 1hours as needed 1mg as needed 1other as needed 20mg as needed 2 1g as needed 24mg as needed 2 500mg as needed 250mg as needed 2g as needed 2 mg as needed 3 1g as needed 32mg as needed 3g as needed 40mg as needed 4 80mg/mL as needed 4 mg all the time (24/7) 4mg as needed 500mg as needed 50mg as needed 5 1g as needed 5 4mg as needed 5mg as needed 6 2mg as needed 80 mg as needed 8 500mg as needed as needed daily g as needed mg as needed monthly 3 g yearly 6 g yearly 1 g monthly 1 hr monthly 1 mEq/L monthly 1 monthly 1 other monthly 2 hr monthly 1 g every other week 1 mg every other week 2 g every other week 3 g monthly 40 mg yearly 4 mg monthly 64 mg yearly 2 mg weekly 4 mg weekly 20 mg monthly 24 mg monthly 1 g daily 1 g one time 1 other daily 40 mg monthly 60 mg monthly 2 g daily 2 mg daily 84 mg monthly 3 g daily 3 hr one time 100 mg monthly 120 mg monthly 4 g daily 4 mg daily 125 mg monthly 5 g one time 5 mg daily 5 other daily 6 mg daily 7.5 daily 8 mg daily 10 g daily 10 mg daily 10 other daily 12 mg daily 84 mg weekly 16 mg daily 500 mg monthly 20 mg daily 20 mg one time 24 mg daily 30 mg daily 32 mg daily 1000 mg monthly 1000 mL monthly 1000 other monthly 1024 mg monthly 250 mg weekly 500 mg every other week 40 mg daily 45 min daily 1500 mg monthly 50 intl units one time 50 mg daily 64 mg daily 1000 mg every other week 500 mg weekly 80 mg daily 2500 mg monthly 84 mg daily 96 mg daily 100 mg daily 1000 mg weekly 200 mL daily 250 mg daily 500 mg daily 500 mL daily 750 mg daily 960 mg daily 1000 daily 1000 g daily 1000 mcg daily 1000 mg daily 1500 mg daily 2000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 13 Number of Patients: 13 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 25 Number of Patients: 25 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 15 Number of Patients: 15 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 33 Number of Patients: 33 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 38 Number of Patients: 38 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 30 Number of Patients: 30 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 11 Number of Patients: 11 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 13 Number of Patients: 13 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 31 Number of Patients: 31 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Methylprednisolone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended
598   Course of treatment ended: 80%
Doctor's advice
75   Doctor's advice: 10%
Did not seem to work
49   Did not seem to work: 7%
Side effects too severe
43   Side effects too severe: 6%
Other
40   Other: 5%
Not indicated
30   Not indicated: 4%
Personal research
4   Personal research: 1%
Change in health plan coverage
2   Change in health plan coverage: 0%
Expense
1   Expense: 0%

See all 734 patients who’ve stopped taking Methylprednisolone

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Methylprednisolone

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Methylprednisolone

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
271 89%
Usually
14 5%
Sometimes
9 3%
Never
10 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
25 8%
Somewhat
76 25%
A little
77 25%
Not at all
126 41%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
18 6%
$100-199
10 3%
$50-99
14 5%
$25-49
8 3%
< $25
114 38%

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Report created on September 09, 2010.