Guest guest Posted August 13, 2004 Report Share Posted August 13, 2004 DAILY cortisone? Or cortisone, paired with daily vioxx? > >Reply-To: The_Thyroid_Support_Group >To: <California_Thyroid_Groups > >CC: <Hawaii_Thyroid_Groups >,<Alaska_Thyroid_Support > >Subject: cortisone injection >Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 19:14:13 -0700 > >OK, question! Many of you may know that I tore my rotator cuff in 3 places in Feb. I finally broke down and had a cortisone injection in it. The DR also wants me to take a new NSAID called VIOXX 25 mg. Does anyone know if daily vioxx or cortisone injections can cause any issue with the thyroid, anemia, or aldosterone? Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2004 Report Share Posted August 13, 2004 DAILY cortisone? Or cortisone, paired with daily vioxx? > >Reply-To: The_Thyroid_Support_Group >To: <California_Thyroid_Groups > >CC: <Hawaii_Thyroid_Groups >,<Alaska_Thyroid_Support > >Subject: cortisone injection >Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 19:14:13 -0700 > >OK, question! Many of you may know that I tore my rotator cuff in 3 places in Feb. I finally broke down and had a cortisone injection in it. The DR also wants me to take a new NSAID called VIOXX 25 mg. Does anyone know if daily vioxx or cortisone injections can cause any issue with the thyroid, anemia, or aldosterone? Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2004 Report Share Posted August 13, 2004 DAILY cortisone? Or cortisone, paired with daily vioxx? > >Reply-To: The_Thyroid_Support_Group >To: <California_Thyroid_Groups > >CC: <Hawaii_Thyroid_Groups >,<Alaska_Thyroid_Support > >Subject: cortisone injection >Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 19:14:13 -0700 > >OK, question! Many of you may know that I tore my rotator cuff in 3 places in Feb. I finally broke down and had a cortisone injection in it. The DR also wants me to take a new NSAID called VIOXX 25 mg. Does anyone know if daily vioxx or cortisone injections can cause any issue with the thyroid, anemia, or aldosterone? Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2004 Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 a cortizone injection in the rotator cuff and daily vioxx for a couple of months > >Reply-To: The_Thyroid_Support_Group >To: The_Thyroid_Support_Group >Subject: RE: cortisone injection >Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 01:33:28 -0400 > DAILY cortisone? Or cortisone, paired with daily vioxx? > >Reply-To: The_Thyroid_Support_Group >To: <California_Thyroid_Groups > >CC: <Hawaii_Thyroid_Groups >,<Alaska_Thyroid_Support > >Subject: cortisone injection >Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 19:14:13 -0700 > >OK, question! Many of you may know that I tore my rotator cuff in 3 places in Feb. I finally broke down and had a cortisone injection in it. The DR also wants me to take a new NSAID called VIOXX 25 mg. Does anyone know if daily vioxx or cortisone injections can cause any issue with the thyroid, anemia, or aldosterone? Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2004 Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 If the cortisone exceeds your daily body needs of about 40mg and up to about 100mg for stress situations, then it can slow thyroid function by slowing the conversion of T4 to T3. But, the thing about injections for this type of thing is that it tends to just stay in the area where it was injected for the most part. If vioxx is like aspirine or other similar anti-inflammatories, it can cause thryoid from the blood to go into tissues at a higher rate. This lowers blood levels of thryoid. However, it is not known if this results in lowered thyroid function, since the thyroid is used by the body. Anti-inflammatories like asperine tend to compete with cortisol and act like cortisol in some ways. Cortisones used this way in medicine tend to slow healing and that is the price you pay for it's anti-inflammatory properties. It is good in that it can prevent damage to tissues from swelling even though healing is slowed. Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2004 Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 All I know about Vioxx is that Ruth gets REALLY sleepy on afternoons on the days that she takes it.. on days she skips, she's less likely to fall asleep.... Her thyroid is undertreated.. but she won't listen to me about it... so it could be just low thyroid that makes her sleepy and the vioxx making it worse. Topper () On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 19:14:13 -0700 "Jamy " writes: OK, question! Many of you may know that I tore my rotator cuff in 3 places in Feb. I finally broke down and had a cortisone injection in it. The DR also wants me to take a new NSAID called VIOXX 25 mg. Does anyone know if daily vioxx or cortisone injections can cause any issue with the thyroid, anemia, or aldosterone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2004 Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 All I know about Vioxx is that Ruth gets REALLY sleepy on afternoons on the days that she takes it.. on days she skips, she's less likely to fall asleep.... Her thyroid is undertreated.. but she won't listen to me about it... so it could be just low thyroid that makes her sleepy and the vioxx making it worse. Topper () On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 19:14:13 -0700 "Jamy " writes: OK, question! Many of you may know that I tore my rotator cuff in 3 places in Feb. I finally broke down and had a cortisone injection in it. The DR also wants me to take a new NSAID called VIOXX 25 mg. Does anyone know if daily vioxx or cortisone injections can cause any issue with the thyroid, anemia, or aldosterone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2004 Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 Gee, doesn't make me sleepy at all >From: topper2@... >Reply-To: The_Thyroid_Support_Group >To: The_Thyroid_Support_Group >Subject: Re: cortisone injection >Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:54:39 -0500 > >All I know about Vioxx is that Ruth gets REALLY sleepy on afternoons on >the days that she takes it.. on days she skips, she's less likely to fall >asleep.... > >Her thyroid is undertreated.. but she won't listen to me about it... so >it could be just low thyroid that makes her sleepy and the vioxx making >it worse. > >Topper () > >On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 19:14:13 -0700 " Jamy " >writes: >OK, question! Many of you may know that I tore my rotator cuff in 3 >places in Feb. I finally broke down and had a cortisone injection in it. >The DR also wants me to take a new NSAID called VIOXX 25 mg. Does anyone >know if daily vioxx or cortisone injections can cause any issue with the >thyroid, anemia, or aldosterone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2004 Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 Then it could very well be that my suspicion that it's low thyroid and possibly adrenal is probably true.. her doc will only test TSH and she thinks that's just fine.... *sigh* Topper () On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 15:39:16 -0700 "JAMY " writes: Gee, doesn't make me sleepy at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2004 Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 Then it could very well be that my suspicion that it's low thyroid and possibly adrenal is probably true.. her doc will only test TSH and she thinks that's just fine.... *sigh* Topper () On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 15:39:16 -0700 "JAMY " writes: Gee, doesn't make me sleepy at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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