Need your opinion on predisone

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Need your opinion

I am 68 years old and I have tried lots of medication for Rheumatoid

Arthritis here is a list

Azulfidine 500mg, Davrvolet 100, Doxycycline 100mg ,Feldene 20mg

,Imursn 100 mg ,Ibprofen 200mgMethotrexate 7.5 mg Oruvail

200mgPlaqueil 200mgRelafen 500 mgRiduaua/Gold ,Voilaven 75 mg ,

Meccaptopurine , Plaquial ,Celebrex , Avapro 150mg ,Vioxx 40 mg.

At this time I am taking

Enbrel = shot once a week 50 mg

Pravachol or pravastatin = daily 80 mg (cholesterol)

Salagen = 5mg 3 times a day (dry mouth)

Omeprazole 20mg a day (Barretts esophagus)

I need something to help with enbrel my Doctor wants to put me on

Predisone 5 mgs a day.Will predisone lower my GFR on my kidneys. My rate

is very low at this time

Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) 46 , Creatin= 1.6. I think this means

I have lost 50 % of my kidneys.

I think Vioxx did it.

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks ny

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ny,

Hard telling not knowing...you may want to check in with someone in

the medical community and get some answers or check with any of the

groups that are forming against Vioxx.

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> Need your opinion

> I am 68 years old and I have tried lots of medication for

Rheumatoid

> Arthritis here is a list

> Azulfidine 500mg, Davrvolet 100, Doxycycline 100mg ,Feldene 20mg

> ,Imursn 100 mg ,Ibprofen 200mgMethotrexate 7.5 mg Oruvail

> 200mgPlaqueil 200mgRelafen 500 mgRiduaua/Gold ,Voilaven 75 mg ,

> Meccaptopurine , Plaquial ,Celebrex , Avapro 150mg ,Vioxx 40

mg.

> At this time I am taking

> Enbrel = shot once a week 50 mg

> Pravachol or pravastatin = daily 80 mg (cholesterol)

> Salagen = 5mg 3 times a day (dry mouth)

> Omeprazole 20mg a day (Barretts esophagus)

> I need something to help with enbrel my Doctor wants to put me on

> Predisone 5 mgs a day.Will predisone lower my GFR on my kidneys.

My rate

> is very low at this time

> Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) 46 , Creatin= 1.6. I think this

means

> I have lost 50 % of my kidneys.

> I think Vioxx did it.

> Any help would be appreciated

> Thanks ny

>

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Dear - prednisone acts on metabolism and pituitary more than anything else. I would caution you against taking 5mg immediately. Your body makes 5mg cortisol naturally, and if you start taking 5mg, your adrenal gland that produces cortisol may leave you dependant. Prednisone can have a negative effect on bones but that is at high doses. I have been on prednisone for 12 years and cant say enough about its benefits. I take 6mg am along with plaquenil 200mg and ibuprofen 800. At night I take 1mg prednisone and the same of plaquenil and ibuprofen. I would start off with 1 or two milligrams only for a week, add another milligram the next week until you are up to five. I would also split the dose (bid) taking 3 or 4mg in the AM when you need your pain management the most and 1mg at night. My doctor started me on a medrol pack in the beginning and had severe effects from it. Go slowly and increase once every week. Ask your doctor to give you 1mg pills not 5. You should have blood work done which I suspect you do on a consistent basis which must include your kidney function. Go to www.google.com and read up on this drug yourself. Good luck. Deborah. RA since 1994.

On 12/30/06, ny <jjhoward722@...> wrote:

Need your opinionI am 68 years old and I have tried lots of medication for Rheumatoid Arthritis here is a listAzulfidine 500mg, Davrvolet 100, Doxycycline 100mg ,Feldene 20mg ,Imursn 100 mg ,Ibprofen 200mgMethotrexate 7.5 mg Oruvail 200mgPlaqueil 200mgRelafen 500 mgRiduaua/Gold ,Voilaven 75 mg , Meccaptopurine , Plaquial ,Celebrex , Avapro 150mg ,Vioxx 40 mg.At this time I am takingEnbrel = shot once a week 50 mgPravachol or pravastatin = daily 80 mg (cholesterol)

Salagen = 5mg 3 times a day (dry mouth)Omeprazole 20mg a day (Barretts esophagus)I need something to help with enbrel my Doctor wants to put me on Predisone 5 mgs a day.Will predisone lower my GFR on my kidneys. My rate is very low at this timeGlomerular filtration rate (GFR) 46 , Creatin= 1.6. I think this means I have lost 50 % of my kidneys.I think Vioxx did it.Any help would be appreciatedThanks ny