106 patient evaluations for Methylprednisolone

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Feb 6, 2010 (Started Jan 23, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (unable to sleep for more than 4 hours a night)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 500 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: not able to sleep well, had severe spots and multiple boils.
Cost: $50-99 monthly
Side effects: unable to sleep for more than 4 hours a night
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 11, 2010 (Started Jan 02, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Other)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (no sleep and major PMS...yes PMS is real and men can get it from hormonal imbalance cause by the steroids)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Advice & Tips: Have a sleep aid available to try and get some rest. The steroids jack me up I cant slep. Do not over do it. You might start to feel like the king of the world and you can easily do too much. Do a little then rest and recover. You will thank me after they ear off and you start to feel the soreness of the overdoing it.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: no sleep and major PMS...yes PMS is real and men can get it from hormonal imbalance cause by the steroids
  • 1 helpful mark

Aug 1, 2009 (Started Mar 05, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for relapse MS (exacerbation))
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
  • 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
  • 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

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 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 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

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

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
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