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My nurse was here

Charlene Sally Collins @OreoBrownie (3755) • Commerce, Georgia 22 Aug 16

I've been having a terrible time with tremors of my hands and fingers. I thought I was getting parkinsons disease, but I know I don't. My nurse thinks it is overall weakness from the COPD. She is putting me on a low dose of...

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My meds came today that were ordered yesterday

Charlene Sally Collins @OreoBrownie (3755) • Commerce, Georgia 2 Aug 16

I got 2 weeks worth of pain meds and methadone. I take 2 pills every 8 hours. I finished my antibiotics today. Will be starting on prednisone tomorrow it's a declining dose pack. I'm being treated for pleuracy. I had a...

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Gout, gouty arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis?

peavey @peavey (16936) • United States 22 Apr 16

I have had gout before due to my kidneys not clearing uric acid as quickly as they should. It can be very painful and my bouts usually last weeks. I have also had aches and pains that I thought were "old age" arthritis or...

gouty arthritis

rheumatiod arthritis

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My little chi has MS

Elenakat13 @Elenakat13 (425) • United States 22 Nov 12

My little dog was recently diagnosed with MS. The Vet told me that it is very rare and in his 22 year of practice he only had one case with MS. My Baby is now on Prednezone that makes her eat again but it harms her liver. When we...

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Steroid Experimentations

tessah @tessah (6617) • United States 4 Jul 10

for science!! i recently started a discussion asking for help and advice in regards to the side affects ive been experiencing while being treated with steroids. prednisone specific. one of the worse affects is the mood swing...

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Alternatives to Prednisone for cats.

writersedge @writersedge (22563) • United States 30 Mar 09

A cat found me. He has health problems. The Vets think IBD and Upper Repiratory breathing problems. They want him on Prednisone for the rest of his life and they tell me there is nothing else. Everything else will ruin his liver...

alternative medicine

anyone know one

got to be alternative

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What do you think of Prednisone?

Virgie60 @Virgie60 (556) • United States 14 Jul 08

I have two kids with Ulcerative Colitis so we have had experience with the drug Prednisone. It worked somewhat for my son but there were problems with it. It took him a very long time to wean off (1 1/2 years), he had severe acne,...

ulcerative colitis

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Croup AGAIN!

foxyfire33 @foxyfire33 (10005) • United States 24 Mar 08

Well yesterday we made it through Easter dinner, my almost 3 year old went down for his nap, and so s/o and I headed home leaving him and the 5 year old there with their cousins and everybody else, MIL was going to bring them home...

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Poison Ivy Update

caver1 @caver1 (1762) • United States 14 Aug 07

Yesterday I posted about my son's poison ivy and wondered if anyone else had ever had such a bad case that they needed to go to the doctor. Well, I took my son to the doctor, who was surprised at how bad the rash was. He gave my...

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Surviving Cancer

namigirl @namigirl (22) • Philippines 18 Jul 07

Hi, I'm from the Philippines, i'm 30 years old and i'm a cancer survivor. I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma stage 2A July of last year. I have undergone 4 sessions of Chemotherapy(which i swear i wouldn't want to go thru...

cyclophosphamide

hodgkins disease

hodgkins lymphoma

How Long is too long on Prednisone

ckoepf @ckoepf (23) • United States 3 Apr 07

I Have been On Prednisone for all most 8 months and it has cause many side efficts. The biggest one is the anger and weight gain. This is a great drug but it has many bad side effiects to it. How do you deal with the side effects...

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