Re: prednisone stomach problems

[Guest guest]

I know some people have stomach problems with the Armour. I did when I tried

it, but I've been on thyroid-s for well over a year with no issues. I would be

concerned if you got that bloated. That's your body really reacting. Maybe you

are one of the ones that would do better on Synthroid and T3 if you have such a

reaction to cow? ???

SAMMIE

Robin Hill-Young wrote:

Now that I'm back on prednisone and NOT prednisolone my stomach is

killing me.

I get this stomach ache that is an amazing amount of air that builds up in my

stomach

until I look about 6 months pregnant. Usually I get this type of stomach

whenever i have

cows milk. But now it seems to happen almost everytime I take prednisone. I'm

not really

careful about whether I take pred on a full or empty stomach. However the

stomach ache

doesn't come until about 6 or more hours after taking my last pred dose (I take

2 doses

each day - 7am = 5mg + noon = 2.5mg). So I'm not completely sure the stomach

ache is

actually coming from the pred. i get the stomach ache most days but not every

day.

Does it seem possible that the stomach ache is actually coming from my thyroid.

Prednisone actually works for me so I wonder if that leaves my adrenals in good

working

condition and gives my thyroid more time to act up (my armour is still too low).

Does that

make sense.

Do any of you have stomach problems from pred? Is so, any solutions?

Robin

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[Guest guest]

I don't know Robin, but I get the SAME thing. I haven't been able to

pinpoint what triggers it, except for an empty stomach. If I'm late with

dinner, invariably I feel my stomach start to blow up like a balloon, I can

literally feel it expanding, to the point where I have to change clothes

because my clothes begin to bind me terribly (I usually put on an old

nightgown), even my underwear start to cut into my stomach. Usually once I

eat, it gets worse, and I need to lie down on my stomach for a few hours,

and then it goes away. I have had this for about 20 years, and have never

been able to figure out what causes it.

Best,

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you probably haven't completely understood the situation.~

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prednisone stomach problems

> Now that I'm back on prednisone and NOT prednisolone my stomach is killing

me.

>

> I get this stomach ache that is an amazing amount of air that builds up in

my stomach

> until I look about 6 months pregnant. Usually I get this type of stomach

whenever i have

> cows milk. But now it seems to happen almost everytime I take prednisone.

I'm not really

> careful about whether I take pred on a full or empty stomach. However the

stomach ache

> doesn't come until about 6 or more hours after taking my last pred dose (I

take 2 doses

> each day - 7am = 5mg + noon = 2.5mg). So I'm not completely sure the

stomach ache is

> actually coming from the pred. i get the stomach ache most days but not

every day.

>

> Does it seem possible that the stomach ache is actually coming from my

thyroid.

> Prednisone actually works for me so I wonder if that leaves my adrenals in

good working

> condition and gives my thyroid more time to act up (my armour is still too

low). Does that

> make sense.

>

> Do any of you have stomach problems from pred? Is so, any solutions?

>

> Robin

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Have you tried Thyroid-S? I am supposedly allergic to milk and lamb, so I

worried my reaction was an allergic reaction to Armour. Apparantly not if I can

handle the Thyroid-S. And another good thing about Thyroid-S is that it doesn't

have that toxic yucky smell that Armour does. Blah. I dont know how peeps take

that sublingually. Another thing I always wondered if caused stomach issues was

the high doses of Vitamin C...........

SAMMIE

Ives wrote:

I don't know Robin, but I get the SAME thing. I haven't been able to

pinpoint what triggers it, except for an empty stomach. If I'm late with

dinner, invariably I feel my stomach start to blow up like a balloon, I can

literally feel it expanding, to the point where I have to change clothes

because my clothes begin to bind me terribly (I usually put on an old

nightgown), even my underwear start to cut into my stomach. Usually once I

eat, it gets worse, and I need to lie down on my stomach for a few hours,

and then it goes away. I have had this for about 20 years, and have never

been able to figure out what causes it.

Best,

Handcrafted Jewelry ~ http://www.ChestnutHillDesigns.com

Curly Horse Rescue ~ http://www.CurlyRescue.com

~If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos...then

you probably haven't completely understood the situation.~

~Flashlights are tubular metal containers for the

purpose of storing dead batteries.~

prednisone stomach problems

> Now that I'm back on prednisone and NOT prednisolone my stomach is killing

me.

>

> I get this stomach ache that is an amazing amount of air that builds up in

my stomach

> until I look about 6 months pregnant. Usually I get this type of stomach

whenever i have

> cows milk. But now it seems to happen almost everytime I take prednisone.

I'm not really

> careful about whether I take pred on a full or empty stomach. However the

stomach ache

> doesn't come until about 6 or more hours after taking my last pred dose (I

take 2 doses

> each day - 7am = 5mg + noon = 2.5mg). So I'm not completely sure the

stomach ache is

> actually coming from the pred. i get the stomach ache most days but not

every day.

>

> Does it seem possible that the stomach ache is actually coming from my

thyroid.

> Prednisone actually works for me so I wonder if that leaves my adrenals in

good working

> condition and gives my thyroid more time to act up (my armour is still too

low). Does that

> make sense.

>

> Do any of you have stomach problems from pred? Is so, any solutions?

>

> Robin

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Not me, I've had this problem since long before I was even diagnosed hypo,

so it sure isn't the Armour. There is no milk nor lamb in Armour, it is

porcine thyroids, not ovine.

Best,

Handcrafted Jewelry ~ http://www.ChestnutHillDesigns.com

Curly Horse Rescue ~ http://www.CurlyRescue.com

~If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos...then

you probably haven't completely understood the situation.~

~Flashlights are tubular metal containers for the

purpose of storing dead batteries.~

prednisone stomach problems

>

> > Now that I'm back on prednisone and NOT prednisolone my stomach is

killing

> me.

> >

> > I get this stomach ache that is an amazing amount of air that builds up

in

> my stomach

> > until I look about 6 months pregnant. Usually I get this type of stomach

> whenever i have

> > cows milk. But now it seems to happen almost everytime I take

prednisone.

> I'm not really

> > careful about whether I take pred on a full or empty stomach. However

the

> stomach ache

> > doesn't come until about 6 or more hours after taking my last pred dose

(I

> take 2 doses

> > each day - 7am = 5mg + noon = 2.5mg). So I'm not completely sure the

> stomach ache is

> > actually coming from the pred. i get the stomach ache most days but not

> every day.

> >

> > Does it seem possible that the stomach ache is actually coming from my

> thyroid.

> > Prednisone actually works for me so I wonder if that leaves my adrenals

in

> good working

> > condition and gives my thyroid more time to act up (my armour is still

too

> low). Does that

> > make sense.

> >

> > Do any of you have stomach problems from pred? Is so, any solutions?

> >

> > Robin

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

bite you tounge!!! (LOL... but the thought of T4 is a night mare) Seroiusly

though, I've

been on armour then thyroid S for over a year - that's not causing the bloating.

I used to

get it a lot before I was dx but it mostly went away once I started meds but

before

anything actually worked for my adrenals. Now that something is actually

working for my

adrenals the problem is back.

> Now that I'm back on prednisone and NOT prednisolone my stomach is

killing

me.

>

> I get this stomach ache that is an amazing amount of air that builds up in my

stomach

> until I look about 6 months pregnant. Usually I get this type of stomach

whenever i have

> cows milk. But now it seems to happen almost everytime I take prednisone. I'm

not

really

> careful about whether I take pred on a full or empty stomach. However the

stomach

ache

> doesn't come until about 6 or more hours after taking my last pred dose (I

take 2 doses

> each day - 7am = 5mg + noon = 2.5mg). So I'm not completely sure the stomach

ache

is

> actually coming from the pred. i get the stomach ache most days but not every

day.

>

> Does it seem possible that the stomach ache is actually coming from my

thyroid.

> Prednisone actually works for me so I wonder if that leaves my adrenals in

good working

> condition and gives my thyroid more time to act up (my armour is still too

low). Does

that

> make sense.

>

> Do any of you have stomach problems from pred? Is so, any solutions?

>

> Robin

>

>

>

>

>

>

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>

>

[Guest guest]

---Hi, I've had this on and off for years too - exactly as

describes. I'm dammed if I don't eat and dammed if I do! LOL

I am hoping it's another thing that Armour will sort out. Are you

optimised yet ?

VAnessa

In NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS , " Ives "

wrote:

>

> I don't know Robin, but I get the SAME thing. I haven't been able to

> pinpoint what triggers it, except for an empty stomach. If I'm late

with

> dinner, invariably I feel my stomach start to blow up like a

balloon, I can

> literally feel it expanding, to the point where I have to change clothes

> because my clothes begin to bind me terribly (I usually put on an old

> nightgown), even my underwear start to cut into my stomach. Usually

once I

> eat, it gets worse, and I need to lie down on my stomach for a few

hours,

> and then it goes away. I have had this for about 20 years, and have

never

> been able to figure out what causes it.

>

> Best,

>

> Handcrafted Jewelry ~ http://www.ChestnutHillDesigns.com

> Curly Horse Rescue ~ http://www.CurlyRescue.com

>

> ~If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos...then

> you probably haven't completely understood the situation.~

> ~Flashlights are tubular metal containers for the

> purpose of storing dead batteries.~

>

> prednisone stomach problems

>

>

> > Now that I'm back on prednisone and NOT prednisolone my stomach is

killing

> me.

> >

> > I get this stomach ache that is an amazing amount of air that

builds up in

> my stomach

> > until I look about 6 months pregnant. Usually I get this type of

stomach

> whenever i have

> > cows milk. But now it seems to happen almost everytime I take

prednisone.

> I'm not really

> > careful about whether I take pred on a full or empty stomach.

However the

> stomach ache

> > doesn't come until about 6 or more hours after taking my last pred

dose (I

> take 2 doses

> > each day - 7am = 5mg + noon = 2.5mg). So I'm not completely sure the

> stomach ache is

> > actually coming from the pred. i get the stomach ache most days

but not

> every day.

> >

> > Does it seem possible that the stomach ache is actually coming from my

> thyroid.

> > Prednisone actually works for me so I wonder if that leaves my

adrenals in

> good working

> > condition and gives my thyroid more time to act up (my armour is

still too

> low). Does that

> > make sense.

> >

> > Do any of you have stomach problems from pred? Is so, any solutions?

> >

> > Robin

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

& , is there any chance either of you have lactose intolerance?

I'm also

curious, how optimal you are with Armour . With I think it's

clear you are

as bad off as me.

I asked today at the pharmacy if I could have another brand of prednisone

without lactose.

ALL brands of prednisone here in Germany have lactose in them.

I just checked the contents of my HC. It too has lactose. Yet with HC I didn't

have the

stomach problems - the HC didn't help my adrenals either.

Because of that I really think that it's my thyroid and since pred is helping my

adrenals,

finally, my hypoT symptoms are more obvious. I know, that probably only makes

sense to

me...lol!!!!!!

[Guest guest]

Yes, definately, that is why laying down on my stomach helps. Of course you

can only do this in the privacy of your own home.

I have been so bad in the past, as to leave a restaurant, and I even left a

rock concert once, to go back to the parking lot and lay down in the car on

my stomach, the pain was so bad. That was back in my 20's when I was just a

young, partying thang.

I haven't found any correlation to milk products for myself. I do sometimes

get milk issues, if I eat a lot of ice cream, or take a whey protein drink,

the gas is UNBELIEVABLE, and can put any man to shame. But it has no problem

" releasing " <wink, wink>, so this belly distention thing is different.

I should really start journaling everything.......... that means I need to

be disciplined, and remember to do it, and to do that, I think I need to be

less hypo <sigh>

Best,

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Curly Horse Rescue ~ http://www.CurlyRescue.com

~If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos...then

you probably haven't completely understood the situation.~

~Flashlights are tubular metal containers for the

purpose of storing dead batteries.~

> Oh , you just described my 100%. But I have found dairy from cow

to be the

> cause...in the past anyway. I use goat's milk and goat or sheep cheese

and this seems to

> work. But while my adrenals were undertreated it seems I had less problem

then I do

> know...it's back with a vengence.

[Guest guest]

Robyn, have you tried taking little baking soda in water when this

bloating happens? That my make the release of gas happen immediately and

safely.

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[Guest guest]

Have you tried taking Lactaid or similar products to help you tolerate

the tiny amount of lactose in your meds?

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IM SORRY!! hee-hee...

But speaking of bringing problems back, now every month the day before my

period I get the world's worst fatigue. The Isocort, then the HC is somehow

responsible for this because since I added progesterone cream over a year ago,

my PMS was fairly mild. But now, I am in such agony on those days, that I've

questioned just stopping the HC altogether.

Why would it make it worse the day before starting my period? So wierd.

SAMMIE

Robin Hill-Young wrote:

bite you tounge!!! (LOL... but the thought of T4 is a night mare)

Seroiusly though, I've

been on armour then thyroid S for over a year - that's not causing the bloating.

I used to

get it a lot before I was dx but it mostly went away once I started meds but

before

anything actually worked for my adrenals. Now that something is actually working

for my

adrenals the problem is back.

> Now that I'm back on prednisone and NOT prednisolone my stomach is killing

me.

>

> I get this stomach ache that is an amazing amount of air that builds up in my

stomach

> until I look about 6 months pregnant. Usually I get this type of stomach

whenever i have

> cows milk. But now it seems to happen almost everytime I take prednisone. I'm

not

really

> careful about whether I take pred on a full or empty stomach. However the

stomach

ache

> doesn't come until about 6 or more hours after taking my last pred dose (I

take 2 doses

> each day - 7am = 5mg + noon = 2.5mg). So I'm not completely sure the stomach

ache

is

> actually coming from the pred. i get the stomach ache most days but not every

day.

>

> Does it seem possible that the stomach ache is actually coming from my

thyroid.

> Prednisone actually works for me so I wonder if that leaves my adrenals in

good working

> condition and gives my thyroid more time to act up (my armour is still too

low). Does

that

> make sense.

>

> Do any of you have stomach problems from pred? Is so, any solutions?

>

> Robin

>

>

>

>

>

>

> ---------------------------------

> Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small

Business.

>

>

[Guest guest]

>>Why would it make it worse the day before starting my period? So wierd.<<

HC uses more thyroid and low thyroid causes these symptoms. Try stress dosing an

extra grain of Armoru or even a half grain on these days & see if it helps.

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[Guest guest]

Sammie,

I get that also but only when my iron is low.

Linn

> IM SORRY!! hee-hee...

>

> But speaking of bringing problems back, now every month the day

> before my period I get the world's worst fatigue. The Isocort, then

> the HC is somehow responsible for this because since I added

> progesterone cream over a year ago, my PMS was fairly mild. But

> now, I am in such agony on those days, that I've questioned just

> stopping the HC altogether.

>

> Why would it make it worse the day before starting my period? So

> wierd.

>

>

>

> .

>

>

[Guest guest]

--- Hi Robin

No I don't have lactose problems and there really seems to be no rhyme

or reason to my stomach bloating. But then there never is much rhyme

or reason to anything with hypo is there? LOL

Swiss

In NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS , " Robin Hill-Young "

wrote:

>

> & , is there any chance either of you have lactose

intolerance?

>

[Guest guest]

---That sounds interesting Val.

How much baking soda? And what exactly is baking soda - in case it's

not called that here in Switzerland?

Swiss

In NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS ,

wrote:

>

> Robyn, have you tried taking little baking soda in water when this

> bloating happens? That my make the release of gas happen immediately

and

> safely.

>

> --

[Guest guest]

>>How much baking soda? And what exactly is baking soda - in case it's

not called that here in Switzerland?<<

I use about 1/2 tsp in about 3-4 OZ water it is called sodium bicarbonate.

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