Re: prednisolone, cortisone, prednisone?

[Guest guest]

Leonie,

I don't have the answers to your questions, but prednisone IS

cortisone. IMy husband had bilateral knee replacements, and it was an

entirely successful operation. He can do anything now--play ball,

walk as far as he wants. As for other joints, hips are easier to

replace than knees. Don't know about elbows and shoulders, but I

never hear about such operations. You have me scared now about

whether AP stops further damage!

On Aug 25, 2008, at 9:01 PM, leonie cent wrote:

> Hi All, the rheumy wants me to have an IV infusion of methyl-

> prednisolone for my pain. I looked up the side effects and didn't

> much like them. Trouble is that regular pain killers don't even

> touch the sides with this sort of pain. What's the difference

> between prednisolone and prednisone ? What about cortisone ? I've

> read it before but keep forgetting what each one does and how they

> are different. Can you have these with AP ? My knees are killing me

> and i can hardly walk... not to mention my other joints. The only

> thing to help my knees at this point is the replacements. Gone past

> AP on that one. My other joints (elbows, hips, shoulders) are on the

> verge of going bung also, so hope the AP stops further damage.

>

> thanks...

>

> ~Leonie

> leoniecent@...

>

> 02 62556202

>

>

[Guest guest]

My two cents worth. My Mom had lupus, she had a number of the transfuions.

they did help a bit. unfortunately, her dr's were not watching her bones and

she ended up with really bad osteoporosis. please make sure you are getting

enought vit d, calcimu and all the other sruff to keep your bones intact.

Jan

leonie cent <leoniecent@...> wrote:

Hi All, the rheumy wants me to have an IV infusion of

methyl-prednisolone for my pain. I looked up the side effects and didn't much

like them. Trouble is that regular pain killers don't even touch the sides with

this sort of pain. What's the difference between prednisolone and prednisone ?

What about cortisone ? I've read it before but keep forgetting what each one

does and how they are different. Can you have these with AP ? My knees are

killing me and i can hardly walk... not to mention my other joints. The only

thing to help my knees at this point is the replacements. Gone past AP on that

one. My other joints (elbows, hips, shoulders) are on the verge of going bung

also, so hope the AP stops further damage.

thanks...

~Leonie

leoniecent@...

02 62556202