Experiences with

Solu-Medrol

Hello there, I'm suffering a huge flare at the minute. The anti tnf drugs, enbrel, humira etc did not work for me. I currently take 15mg of prednisone daily, all in all I take 30 tablets daily including morphine and maxi tram. I have severe pain in my rib cage on the left hand side. It's so painful

Just letting all the good folk here find out how I survived the wedding ! They all encouraged me through a bad spell a few weeks ago. I was totally dreading the first of three family weddings on Easter Sunday(three sons marrying in three months!) as I was having a miserable time with return of horrid

Does anyone know the possible benefits of Medrol as compared to HC in someone with adrenal fatigue? When would Medrol be preferred to HC? Has anyone tried both?

Hi Everyone, I apologise first,as this will likely be a rant, but I am still so upset I just have to share my experience of this morning. I was diagnosed finally after decades of suffering by an excellent Rheumatologist as having Seronegative Sjogrens and possibly Lupus eighteen

Sorry, I realise this has been discussed before! I was put on Erfa Thyroid along with Medrol for adrenal fatigue a year ago, by a doctor trained by Thierry Hertoghe, after ten years on thyroxine only. Since then, I have had my ups and downs. I seem to do better on the smaller pills of Erfa (30 and

Hi all, I was just diagnosed with PMR, I'd had pain and stiffness in my shoulders, hips and wrist and felt fluey and exhausted. I'd had problems moving, dressing showering etc and was struggling to go to work. I was referred to the rheumatology dept and had a Depo-Medrone injection on Wed 18th, I had

Have Sjogrens diagnosed and maybe Lupus and am awaiting my next Depot Medrol injection in early Feb. Am on very low dose Prednisalone , can't take more as it upsets my stomach but as my steroids levels decrease as I get near to my next injection I get excruciating pain under my arms and swollen glands

Hi there, I have Fibromyalgia and as soon as the weather turns to winter I have flare after flare with IBS symptoms and it's just such a rough time over winter. I have the pain and symptoms all year but I find it very hard to manage in winter and it gets me very low. I don't have any ongoing support

Hi everyone new to this website, Rheumatology nurse advised using it for support. Can anyone advise if they have had bursitis in their hip joint after having the depo injection. Had 120mg injection in the right cheek a week ago and woke up this morning with server pain in hip joint, couldn't walk, go

Hi everyone, Am feeling so miserable and sorry for myself which is pathetic when I read how so many of you out there suffer too. Most of the problem is that I have been ill with some sort of mystery autoimmune thing for about forty years or even more. After numerous visits to

Hi, I'm Mark a 49yr old male recently diagnosed with PMR. For quite some months have been nagged by stiffness and pain which started in my left shoulder but subsequently right shoulder with pains radiating down into chest and upper back, also my groin both sides. Although compared to some I think I have

Hi guys, I started HRT a month ago (Elleste solo) and so far, so good, although the nagging abdominal pain continued. Brief history: several laparoscopies in between 2000 and 2004 looking for endometriosis, none found, zoladex attempted, two failed ablations, followed by a total abdominal hysterectomy

Hi :) I need everyones opinions & input but first let me fill you in on my family medical history with autoimmune disease as well as my own. Family History: Twin Sister: Eczema, Raynauds (Not severe), Erythema Nodosum Grandfather: Protein C deficiency & Factor 5 Leiden Mutation "Sticky Blood" (Blood

Hi all, This is my first post as i need help and clarification. Back in March this year 2014, out of no where i woke up with Swollen fingers in the AM, did think much of it. Long story short. After a couple of months and no help from DR's i couldn't walk in the AM. My hands were so swollen and painful

Hi, Does anyone else get IM steroid injections. I had my last about a month ago and it made such a difference but today I feel exhausted again, with the knees and feet starting to get tender. I realize it could be the temperature and the fact we had a weekend visiting friends but I had been feeling so

Hi all i have been taking azathioprine for nearly 2 yrs. I had a flare up which started a month ago and had a depo medrone steroid 2 weeks ago which didn't touch me. I went to rheum clinic today and the consultant decided to put me on methotrexate which i am a bit worried about. Mostly its the side effects

Last week I had a very nasty suspected infected insect bite on my face which became very swollen and alarmed my GP so much he sent me to a specialist ENT to get it drained. The ENT sent me for an ultrasound which ruled out a dental or bone abscess but showed that the lymph glands in my neck had not reacted

I've had PMR for four years and am down to 4mg of Medrol with the odd flare now and then. I am getting rather fed up because I would like to take a multivitamin supplement but every one I've tried so far has given me an allergic reaction, a sensation of pins and needles and a hot tingling sensation.

Hi All. Has anyone else had lots of fluid retention, particularly in thighs and belly, after injection of Depo-Medrone (cortisone)? I had 120 mgs after crawling off to GP when my batteries had run down and blew up some days later. I'm on 7.5mgs daily but am waiting for hip replacement so am off everything

Hi Everyone, wanted to say Happy Easter, Happy Passover to all of us. Hope everyone had a good day and felt ok. Mine was good. feeling a little dizzy, small headache, took 2 extra grams of medrol and an extra aspirin. Feel ok. Nice day on the Hudson River. Wanted also to say thank you to everyone