106 patient evaluations for Methylprednisolone

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Oct 10, 2009 (Started May 01, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for flare-ups)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (nausea, weight gain, sleeplessness, metallic taste in mouth, flushing)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Cost: $200+ monthly
Side effects: metallic taste in mouth, sleeplessness, weight gain, flushing, nausea, nausea
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 10, 2009 (Started Jun 10, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for relapse MS (exacerbation))
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (withdrawal effects, insomnia, anxious mood, heartburn, thrush, restlessness (akathisia), heart rate low (bradycardia), increased appetite, elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Side effects: increased appetite, headaches, heart rate low (bradycardia), withdrawal effects, heartburn, restlessness (akathisia), insomnia, elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia), thrush, anxious mood, anxious mood

Jun 12, 2009 (Started Jun 10, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for relapse MS (exacerbation))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Side effects: increased appetite, headaches, heart rate low (bradycardia), withdrawal effects, heartburn, restlessness (akathisia), insomnia, elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia), thrush, anxious mood, anxious mood
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 16, 2009 (Started Oct 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for autoimune reduction)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 16 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 20, 2009 (Started Jun 06, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (withdrawal effects, insomnia, increased appetite)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 2 hr Monthly
Advice & Tips: Drinking liquids before blood work then before infussions seems to help the needles find a vein. Since it's been over 2 years now there is some vein problems, popped, slide over and black and blue spots. The interaction with the nurses, staff and aids, let alone other M.S. ers is the unexpected delightfull benefits!
Cost: $50-99 monthly
Side effects: withdrawal effects, increased appetite, insomnia
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 7, 2009 (Started Dec 03, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Vision)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1000 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 31, 2010 (Started Jan 26, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for vertigo)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 24 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 12, 2010 (Started Feb 10, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for vertigo)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (sleeplessness, metallic taste in mouth)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 1 g Daily
Side effects: sleeplessness, metallic taste in mouth

Feb 11, 2010 (Started Feb 10, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for vertigo)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (sleeplessness, metallic taste in mouth)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 1 g Daily
Side effects: sleeplessness, metallic taste in mouth
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 27, 2010 (Started May 09, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for pain)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fatigue)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for numbness in hands)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for numbness from waist down)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for numbness in arm(s))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 1 g Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 19, 2010 (Started Mar 15, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for both lung spasms)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for poor lung capacity)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for chest congestion)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Advice & Tips: with in hours my spasms and whizzing was starting to deplete in some way other wise breathing became a lot better a scale from 0 to 10 approximately a5 .
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 3, 2010 (Started Jan 27, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for neuromyelitis optica)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1 g Daily
Cost: $200+ monthly

Feb 10, 2009 (Started Jan 27, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for neuromyelitis optica)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: This IV infusion is what my Neuro called a "monthly push". It was meant to get me to my next Rituximab treatment @ the end of March, since I was having breakthrough attacks between the every 6 mo. Rituximan treatments.
Cost: $200+ monthly
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