Guest guest Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 Thanks Barb for the advice on the Bag Balm, I will go and pick some up today. I was just wondering if any of you have tried prednisone *just* for you skin problems and your results. I am not on it right now and my doc wants to try it. I am a newbie at the drug stuff as I have tried to treat naturally thus far. So any advice would be much appreciated...I'm also really scared about the side effects. Thank you so much, this group has been wonderful for me. Asha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 Two years ago I broke out in hives for 4 months straight...it was terrible. The Dr. put me on prednisone and it took care of the hives, but the side effects were pretty huge. I am not sure if I would take steroids orally again JUST for hives, but boy that itching gets in your head in a way pain just doesn't. I still break out and have terrible hives and such, I just try to treat them other ways. I put ice packs on the hives sometimes. They are so hot and fever filled that sometimes they just calm down when I ice them. > Thanks Barb for the advice on the Bag Balm, I will go and pick some > up today. I was just wondering if any of you have tried prednisone > *just* for you skin problems and your results. I am not on it right > now and my doc wants to try it. I am a newbie at the drug stuff as I > have tried to treat naturally thus far. So any advice would be much > appreciated...I'm also really scared about the side effects. > Thank you so much, this group has been wonderful for me. > Asha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 Two years ago I broke out in hives and stayed that way for 10 months straight. It was absolutely the worst! I had them everywhere (and I mena everywhere!) I took everything imaginable. At one point I was up to 18 pills per day - just for the hives not including my other meds. My throat would swell shut weekly (several ER trips) and I even had them in my stomach. Anyway, I eventually went to an immunologist and he put me on Cyclosporin. This is some tough stuff...but the hives went away within a month and *knock or the proverbial wood* have never been back. Would I go back on Cyclosporin? Tough question...the hives would have to be pretty bad first. Believe me, in my experience, the Prednisone was " nothing " compared! Hope you remain bump free. Jerri > > Thanks Barb for the advice on the Bag Balm, I will go and pick some > > up today. I was just wondering if any of you have tried prednisone > > *just* for you skin problems and your results. I am not on it > right > > now and my doc wants to try it. I am a newbie at the drug stuff as > I > > have tried to treat naturally thus far. So any advice would be > much > > appreciated...I'm also really scared about the side effects. > > Thank you so much, this group has been wonderful for me. > > Asha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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