109 patient evaluations for Prednisone

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May 15, 2009 (Started May 08, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Other)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (weight gain, dry mouth, acne breakout, increased appetite, roid rage effects (steroids), feeling tense or on edge)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 60 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Stick with it it helps!
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: feeling tense or on edge, increased appetite, roid rage effects (steroids), weight gain, dry mouth, acne breakout
  • 2 helpful marks

Aug 15, 2016 (Started Jan 01, 1985)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Addison's disease)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for rheumatoid arthritis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (diabetes type 2, weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 5 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Prednisone has long (30 years worth) been my "nasty but necessary" treatment for my Rheumatoid Arthritis. It has caused me innumerable side effect problems, including 100lbs of weight gain, the dissolution of my previous marriage, Diabetes II, renal (kidney) failure, etc... Going off of it at various times has made me extremely ill, at least 3 times resulted in my hospitalization. For many years, this was the only RA treatment that functioned consistently and allowed me to continue living my life at least somewhat normally.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 1 helpful mark

Oct 4, 2008 (Started Sep 25, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Other)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (headaches, facial swelling/puffiness, roid rage effects (steroids))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: facial swelling/puffiness, roid rage effects (steroids), headaches

Sep 29, 2008 (Started Sep 25, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Other)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (facial swelling/puffiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 60 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: facial swelling/puffiness, roid rage effects (steroids), headaches
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 22, 2008 (Started Aug 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Other)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 60 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 16, 2008 (Started Oct 31, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for optic nerve inflammation (optic neuritis))
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (dry mouth, loss of sense of taste, feeling tense or on edge, elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: The treatment is working! Hang in there, my side effects have changed daily, but just keep to the course. The negatives have been outweighed by the energy I have been feeling. I have really actually enjoyed the insomnia because I have been able to clean and declutter my house like crazy - I cannot say enough about what a gift it has been to have these few weeks of increased energy. I had no idea what I was missing because I had been fatigued so long and thought I was just lazy.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: feeling tense or on edge, dry mouth, elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia), loss of sense of taste
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 8, 2008 (Started Jul 28, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (feeling tense or on edge)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: feeling tense or on edge
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 31, 2008 (Started Aug 28, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for Other)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (weight gain, dry mouth, increased appetite, feeling tense or on edge, elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia))
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 1000 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: all the above
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: feeling tense or on edge, elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia), weight gain, dry mouth, increased appetite
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 27, 1985 (Started Nov 27, 1984)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for optic nerve inflammation (optic neuritis))
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (fatigue, weight gain, facial swelling/puffiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 50 mg All the time (24/7)
Advice & Tips: hang in there you could regain your eyesight completely like I did
Side effects: facial swelling/puffiness, weight gain, fatigue, fatigue
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 1, 2008 (Started Oct 10, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (weight gain, facial swelling/puffiness, increased appetite, roid rage effects (steroids), gastric ulcer pain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 60 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Prednisone is less problematic then solemedrol but not as effective and it causes a lot more stomach problems. (they need a better spell check in here, one with medications in it:)
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: facial swelling/puffiness, gastric ulcer pain, weight gain, roid rage effects (steroids), increased appetite
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 26, 2007 (Started Nov 01, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for walking difficult without aid)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (weight gain, facial swelling/puffiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 2.5 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: facial swelling/puffiness, weight gain
  • 0 helpful marks
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