prednisone

[ZarakiKujata]

well my pills are teenie tiny, do you think that makes a difference? idk the size offhand but them shits is mad small

All prednisone is a tiny pill and its all the same concentration. Seriously ask this doctor about it, or ask another one just to be safe. Don't want to end up in a hospital in Vegas.

[tyven]

What for? What was wrong with you? Something major?

sometimes my psoriasis will go buckwild so my doc was like 'yo peep this'. guess he got tired of the pussy ointments he had been prescribing me. i mean i feel fine, but its only day 3. WHO KNOWS WHAT THE FUTURE MAY HOLD

[Chicomagiko]

Tyven dies.

Pros: One less "bad guy" influential lobbyist in the world.

Con: Spam loses its slant-hating machine.

[tyven]

that is a fair assessment

[archibaldcrane]

I thought prednisone was an anti-allergy thingy? I swear I took that shit a ton when I was a kid for allergies...

edit: Yeah that's definitely it - I didn't have any side-effects, Krye is right.

[ZarakiKujata]

I thought prednisone was an anti-allergy thingy? I swear I took that shit a ton when I was a kid for allergies...

edit: Yeah that's definitely it - I didn't have any side-effects, Krye is right.

Its the most common medically used steroid, it would make sense for severe anti-allergy use (relieves inflammation like all roids do). Did you use it while you were a teenager? 90% of its side effects are exactly the same as what puberty makes you go through so you might not have noticed.

[Akucaen]

I was on this shit for 4 months earlier this year. Only side effect I got was weight gain and fucking bi-polar disorder. (Not really, but it was causing me to have SEVERE manic & depressive episodes like bi-polar.)

Goddamn I hate it.

[xrexracerx]

All prednisone is a tiny pill and its all the same concentration. Seriously ask this doctor about it, or ask another one just to be safe. Don't want to end up in a hospital in Vegas.

False, my wife goes through high dose prednisone treatments a couple times a year on average. It's available in 4 different strengths from 5mg to 50mg. Her taper treatment is a 21 day course starting at 250mg 3x a day.

[Charismatic]

Someone sum this thread up for me... too much text.

[tyven]

mine are 10mg

[Bagel]

They prescribe it on like every fucking episode of House, how bad could it be

[Bagel]

Then again, I guess half the treatments on that show end up making the patient bleed out of a new exciting orifice on accident.

[Charismatic]

No one summed this up for me.
This thread is worthless to me.

[ZarakiKujata]

No one summed this up for me.
This thread is worthless to me.

tl;dr
Tyven's on most common form of medical roids for common ailment,
doesn't know about side effects,
gets scared about side-effects,
gets cancer from side-effects,
????
Vegas + Hookers
Profit.

[Tsakiki]

Sorry to intrude here, but the OP is on a low dose for a short period, and are being tapered off. He should should be fine. I had to take it some years ago to stop an inflammation on my retina dead in its tracks, and was on a "massive" dose of probably 100 mg per day. It took months for me to be tapered off, but it did its job and I only lost about 1/3 of the sight in my eye instead of the entire thing...

Only side effect I recall was "puffiness". It seemed more like water retention than actual weight gain. I had some emotional issues at the time, but I always attributed that more towards the fear of losing my sight than a side effect of the meds. My mother was on a 10mg/day dose for decades for rheumatoid arthritis.

Side effect lists are always scary, but the chances of developing the horrendous ones are tiny - otherwise they'd pull it off the market.

[tyven]

tsakiki you are a hero and i may now rest easy

[tyven]

also i am sorry to hear about your eyeball

[Tsakiki]

Thanks! Fortunately it ended up just affecting the lower peripheral vision in my left eye, giving me a tendancy to trip over things on that side.

Good luck with your psoriasis - I'm sure your stress over medication side effects isn't helping either!

[Linktri]

Prednisone is a steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Medication like Naproxen is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). There are many side effects that you can get from taking any drug whether it's over the counter (OTC) or prescription. Most people don't get any of the side effects and in bad cases only one or two of the most minor ones. With Prednisone you can almost be guaranteed that it will make you ravenously hungry. Predisone is usually prescribed alongside heavier pain killers like Vicodin, Percocet and muscle relaxers like Valium in order to help manage pain by reducing the swelling around a localized site that causes the subject intense pain or discomfort. Prednisone can sometimes be used with NSAIDs as well to further reduce local swelling though I wouldn't try this unless directed by your doctor.

Just take it as prescribed and if you notice any extreme side-effects contact your physician or go to the emergency room if it's severe enough. Only follow a Doctor's advice on how to take your medication. Some nurses may try to offer helpful but incorrect adjustments to your regimen.

[Charismatic]

tl;dr
Tyven's on most common form of medical roids for common ailment,
doesn't know about side effects,
gets scared about side-effects,
gets cancer from side-effects,
????
Vegas + Hookers
Profit.

ZarakiKujata, you are officially my new best friend.