Does anyone know anything about steroids medication
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:54 am
This is me hoping to pick someone's brain and their experience.
I was diagnosed with Temperol Arteritis/Giant Cell Arteritis which was a medical emergency have been taking prednisone for about 7 weeks starting at a daily dose of 50mg. No known cause and solution is steroid in particular because the temporal vein feeds the back of the eyes and there is a very high risk of damage to sight.
The steroid has been reduced at 2 weekly intervals and I am now at 30 mg daily. When I get to 20mg daily it will then reduce much slower i.e. by 2.5mg every 3 weeks.
The side effects have been numerous but necessary, no choice. The medication itself has worked really wel
Unfortunately to date I have put on about 12 lbs. You wake up in the morning and aaahhh..... there are another 2 lbs on the scales.
All my clothes are too tight and jeans etc are well up in size. Im not just bigger all over but a big 'roll' is hanging around the middle over the waistband. My face is fatter and puffy etc. etc. all comes with the steroid.
Everything that I read says once the steroid is reduced/stopped that this puffiness should disappear. However, even tho I am reducing it, I am going to be on it probably for about 6 months because the condition requires that it is such a slow reduction.
Has anyone any experience of how soon the bloating and puffiness starts to reduce. Would it be below a certain dose of steroid. Or perhaps the steroid has to be completely out of the system for some weeks.
Over the past 2 years I had worked at losing weight and this gain is so disappointing. I am going out today to buy 'leisure bottoms' with an elastic waist etc, just for comfort.
I know there are internet sites out there that would have steroid information, but I'd like to hear what any of you have to offer in the way of experience or knowledge. When on our own RLS Board I feel like I'm asking friends.
Sorry if this sounds like a rather vain post.
I was diagnosed with Temperol Arteritis/Giant Cell Arteritis which was a medical emergency have been taking prednisone for about 7 weeks starting at a daily dose of 50mg. No known cause and solution is steroid in particular because the temporal vein feeds the back of the eyes and there is a very high risk of damage to sight.
The steroid has been reduced at 2 weekly intervals and I am now at 30 mg daily. When I get to 20mg daily it will then reduce much slower i.e. by 2.5mg every 3 weeks.
The side effects have been numerous but necessary, no choice. The medication itself has worked really wel
Unfortunately to date I have put on about 12 lbs. You wake up in the morning and aaahhh..... there are another 2 lbs on the scales.
All my clothes are too tight and jeans etc are well up in size. Im not just bigger all over but a big 'roll' is hanging around the middle over the waistband. My face is fatter and puffy etc. etc. all comes with the steroid.
Everything that I read says once the steroid is reduced/stopped that this puffiness should disappear. However, even tho I am reducing it, I am going to be on it probably for about 6 months because the condition requires that it is such a slow reduction.
Has anyone any experience of how soon the bloating and puffiness starts to reduce. Would it be below a certain dose of steroid. Or perhaps the steroid has to be completely out of the system for some weeks.
Over the past 2 years I had worked at losing weight and this gain is so disappointing. I am going out today to buy 'leisure bottoms' with an elastic waist etc, just for comfort.
I know there are internet sites out there that would have steroid information, but I'd like to hear what any of you have to offer in the way of experience or knowledge. When on our own RLS Board I feel like I'm asking friends.
Sorry if this sounds like a rather vain post.