Pulse therapy for MS

[kaluanda]

My wife was diagnosed with MS in July this year. Following a 5-day corticosteroid pulse therapy with methylprednisolone, she now has nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Is this normal and how long will it last? Many thanks to all.

[Iona60]

I've had many infusions and not had this problem, nor heard of this. I would call the on call doctor. She may be having a reaction.

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador]

Hi and welcome kaluanda . I'm not familiar with the pulse therapy w/ Methylprednisolone 🤔

Can you explain that please? Thanks!

No one here is a Dr! Or can give you medical advice!

But this all doesn't sound right and she should call her Neuro asap like starlight5 said.

J🌠🎃

[kaluanda in reply to Jesmcd2]

Many thanks for your interest. For more information, please refer to this page: medind.nic.in/icb/t08/i10/i...

Kind regards.

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador in reply to kaluanda]

So she had a 5 day infusion of Methylprednisolone 🤔 kaluanda did they give her a taper off ,where they give Prednisone tablets afterwards?

She might need to talk to her neuro about that. How long ago was her last one?

🤗💕

J🌠

[kaluanda in reply to Jesmcd2]

Correction. The treatment was five infusions, one every other day. No taper off. She's now on metformin hydrochloride 500 mg/day and feeling miserable.

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador in reply to kaluanda]

Have her call her neuro☺️ it's all new to you both, and they don't mind the call! I really hope she feels better better soon!!

🤗💕

J🌠

[erash in reply to kaluanda]

Her GI symptoms may be due to the metformin. Those are common symptoms of that drug.

[kaluanda in reply to erash]

Agree. It's a common side effect of metformin. The thing of it is she's being taking the drug for 20 years now.

[sr005]

Any steroid treatment is hard on the body. Five days in a row made me sick also. All of us are different, but I noticed a difference about a week later.

I hope she feels better soon and has some relief from her symptoms.

[kaluanda]

I see, blood sugar rises, potassium drops...

[RoseySawyer]

I would seek medical attention. I hope she gets better. ❤🌷

[bxrmom]

I would call her Neuro and hopefully, she can get some relief soon. Keep us updated.

Jessie

[kaluanda]

Sure. I'll share the new developments.