Fw: Prednisone for our problems?

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From: " Scarlett 6 (by way of ilena@... (Ilena Rose)) (by way of ilena

rose) " <scarlett6@...>

Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 5:24 PM

Subject: Prednisone for our problems?

> (posted on alt.support.breast-implant)

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> Sometime back, I saw a Rheumatologist who, despite doubting that implants

cause

> problems, told me that none of the implanted women who came to see him who

were

> on Prednisone when he first saw them, had been able to get off of it. So

far,

> the combination of that and pain medication has been the only thing that I

even

> halfway respond to, and I too am unable to get off of it..

>

> I came across this page describing weaning from Prednisone when looking

through

> a website that touts the benefits of using long term antibiotics in some

> rheumatic diseases, some of which include: Scleroderma, Rheumatoid

Arthritis

> and some other Connective Tissue Diseases.

>

> I have had MUCH difficulty in trying to discontinue Prednisone, as

reduction in

> dosage, no matter how trivial, brings on a flareup from hell of the muscle

and

> joint pain. I have no idea if this would be useful for anyone on here, but

if

> you are currently trying to discontinue this drug and decide to try this,

I

> would suggest running it past your doctor first... I do not intend posting

this

> as a promotion for Prednisone, for me there was no other choice. Nor do I

have

> enough medical knowledge to know if this is an OK way to try and get off

of

> it...

>

> Not being able to get off of steroids is not like trying to get off of

> addictive drugs. It is not like that. When steroids are used in rheumatic

> diseases, it can bring about dramatic improvment in the way one feels. It

is a

> very powerful anti-inflammatory that has potential long term side effects.

> Reducing one's dose (in rheumatic disease) can be terribly painful, as the

> symptoms that are being at least slightly suppressed come back full force

and

> then some. Many doctors do not like to prescribe it because of side

effects and

> the difficulty in getting off of it...

>

> Here is the site:

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> http://www.healingyou.org/prednisone.html

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> Cathie

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