43 patient evaluations for Solu-Medrol Infusion

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Nov 12, 2010 (Started Nov 01, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (sleeplessness, eye problems, head pressure, metallic taste in mouth)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 1000 mL Daily
Side effects: metallic taste in mouth, eye problems, sleeplessness, head pressure

Nov 10, 2010 (Started Nov 01, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (sleeplessness, eye problems, head pressure, metallic taste in mouth)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 1000 mL Daily
Side effects: metallic taste in mouth, eye problems, sleeplessness, head pressure

Jun 7, 2010 (Started Nov 01, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (sleeplessness, eye problems, metallic taste in mouth)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 1000 mL Daily
Side effects: metallic taste in mouth, eye problems, sleeplessness, head pressure

Nov 13, 2009 (Started Nov 01, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (sleeplessness, eye problems, metallic taste in mouth)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 1000 mL Daily
Side effects: metallic taste in mouth, eye problems, sleeplessness, head pressure
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 26, 2010 (Started Jan 04, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for neurological fatigue)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1 g Monthly
Advice & Tips: The energy boost of 3 days infusion lasted only a few days and I had HUGE crash 36 hours after last treatment and felt much worse for a week than before infusion.
Cost: $100-199 monthly

Oct 23, 2010 (Started Jan 04, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for relapse MS (exacerbation))
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for neurological fatigue)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 1 g Monthly
Cost: $100-199 monthly

Oct 13, 2010 (Started Jan 04, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for neurological fatigue)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1 g Monthly
Advice & Tips: The high energy lasted just a few days so didn't seem worth it. Laste 3-day treatment ended in a CRASH 36 hours after last infusion and I was out of town and was lucky to get a step-down oral prednisone prescription. Suggest you have a filled prescripton just in case you need one post infusion. It would have been cheaper (no $100 co-pay) had I had home infusion.
Cost: $100-199 monthly

Oct 1, 2010 (Started Jan 04, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for relapse MS (exacerbation))
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for neurological fatigue)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Cost: $100-199 monthly

Jul 25, 2006 (Started Jan 04, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for neurological fatigue)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: I liked the energy boost but that lasted only a few days so it seemed good in advance of a special event that required more energy. However, I developed a fungus infection which could be due to susceptibility from suppressed immune system and steroids can increase that so decided the benefit of a few days of good energy was not worth risks of infection.
Cost: $50-99 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 18, 2007 (Started Jul 18, 2001)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1 g Monthly
Advice & Tips: When I was first diagnosed with MS in July 2001, I was in the hospital and was given heavy doses of solumedrol since I was in such bad shape. I took solumedrol drips monthly from August 2001-July 2007. My new neurologist (2007) suggested long term use is doing more harm than good, so he took me off it. When I took the monthly solumedrol, it would be a one-hour administration in a hospital and from 2005-2007, a nurse would come to my house to give it to me. This medicine would keep me awake for 24 hours. Two days later, I would feel an awful 'crash' for a day, but then I would stabilize. I would start feeling when it was time for me to get the next monthly dose, feeling a similar 'crash'. I received a nasty metallic taste in my mouth from the second half-hour of the treatment until about six hours later. I always needed to have a peppermint handy during my infusion.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: metallic taste in mouth
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 22, 2010 (Started Nov 16, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 2500 mg Monthly
Advice & Tips: I would have to deal with the pain no matter what, because i didnt have any other choice. An unexpected benefit i had which didnt think could occur was mainly nothing. Having to take this in my daily life was no fun mainly having yo have the iv with me during school hours :(
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 1, 2010 (Started Sep 14, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 1 g Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 23, 2010 (Started Jul 21, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 1 g Daily
Advice & Tips: Taken as a theraputic dose one week prior to travel to England & Ireland for vacation. I was able to walk a lot futher than normal, but overdid it. My legs and walking are still recovering.
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 16, 2010 (Started Mar 05, 2002)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Increase effect of another treatment)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1 g Monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 17, 2009 (Started Aug 29, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 3 g One time
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 26, 2009 (Started Jun 13, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for relapse MS (exacerbation))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (increased appetite, elevated blood pressure, tachycardia (fast heart rate))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1 g Weekly
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: tachycardia (fast heart rate), increased appetite, elevated blood pressure
  • 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
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