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Diverticulitis?
I've had symptoms of self diagnosed diverticulitis for the last week. I thought I'd Google'd it and it seems those on steroids have a higher mortality from it than normal people! I never knew that and although I'm only at an early stage, it bothered me that I'd not read anything about it in the bumph
I've had symptoms of self diagnosed diverticulitis for the last week. I thought I'd Google'd it and it seems those on steroids have a higher mortality from it than normal people! I never knew that and although I'm only at an early stage, it bothered me that I'd not read anything about it in the bumph
CoziNess
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PMRGCAuk
11 months ago
films
hi I am on 2mg steroids been on for a month it second time round I got to 2 mg as soon as I go down to 1 mg I get the pain in my muscles in shoulders and neck buttocks need some advice do I go down to 1 1/2 mg for month to see if it works
hi I am on 2mg steroids been on for a month it second time round I got to 2 mg as soon as I go down to 1 mg I get the pain in my muscles in shoulders and neck buttocks need some advice do I go down to 1 1/2 mg for month to see if it works
Movies5178
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PMRGCAuk
1 year ago
Declined lupus Centre help
Hi all, hope you're all doing as well as you can be. Just thought I'd give you an update on something that went from being so hopeful to now being left to struggle once again. If you know my previous posts just before Christmas I'd had a steroid injection and was waiting to see professor D'cruz in London
Hi all, hope you're all doing as well as you can be. Just thought I'd give you an update on something that went from being so hopeful to now being left to struggle once again. If you know my previous posts just before Christmas I'd had a steroid injection and was waiting to see professor D'cruz in London
Haylz2109
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LUPUS UK
7 months ago
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Update.
I contacted this forum, for the first time, just over 4 months ago as I had reduced my steroids from 5mg to 2.5mg and I felt ill. I was concerned that my PMR had returned. I was given some very useful advice and I contacted my GP who is very supportive. My GP suggested that I had steroid withdrawal
I contacted this forum, for the first time, just over 4 months ago as I had reduced my steroids from 5mg to 2.5mg and I felt ill. I was concerned that my PMR had returned. I was given some very useful advice and I contacted my GP who is very supportive. My GP suggested that I had steroid withdrawal
Pjso
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PMRGCAuk
1 year ago
AT LAST
i have finally got a kind of an answer. i went to docs and asked for an X ray on my spine she sent me instead for a CT scan. there are several things going on with my spine. firstly arthritis, secondly i have a bone growth [ spur ] which is touching a nerve, so i am going for a steroid injection
i have finally got a kind of an answer. i went to docs and asked for an X ray on my spine she sent me instead for a CT scan. there are several things going on with my spine. firstly arthritis, secondly i have a bone growth [ spur ] which is touching a nerve, so i am going for a steroid injection
Fingerandus
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Restless Legs Syndrome
7 months ago
Newly diagnosed
Hi all, i was diagnosed today with PMR, this is the 1st day of my journey into the unknown. Is there anyone who isn't on steroid treatment. I'm unable to have steroids and was wondering how the alternatives work. Thanks on advance
Hi all, i was diagnosed today with PMR, this is the 1st day of my journey into the unknown. Is there anyone who isn't on steroid treatment. I'm unable to have steroids and was wondering how the alternatives work. Thanks on advance
Joann63
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PMRGCAuk
1 year ago
GCA temple pain getting worse again
Hi All, first time posting so here goes -Diagnosed with GCA in November 2022, put on 60mg prednisolone, symptoms stabilised quite quickly, but felt unwell taking steroids, had so many side effects, consultant put me on tocilizumab about 5 months ago and was told to taper /reduce prednisolone slowly
Hi All, first time posting so here goes -Diagnosed with GCA in November 2022, put on 60mg prednisolone, symptoms stabilised quite quickly, but felt unwell taking steroids, had so many side effects, consultant put me on tocilizumab about 5 months ago and was told to taper /reduce prednisolone slowly
maisydaisy58
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PMRGCAuk
1 year ago
covid
Hi all Have just tested positive for covid. I’ve managed to reduce steroids to 2mg per day. Should I now increase the dose. I’m waiting to hear from a clinician about anti vitals Thank you
Hi all Have just tested positive for covid. I’ve managed to reduce steroids to 2mg per day. Should I now increase the dose. I’m waiting to hear from a clinician about anti vitals Thank you
Ana-16
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PMRGCAuk
1 year ago
advice re knee pain.
hi, I’m a 58yr old, who suffers from an inflammatory arthritis, called ankylosing spondylitis, and mainly affects the spine but also peripheral joints. 10 weeks ago, I was on holiday in Devon, and suddenly noticed my left knee was buckling. A week later it gave way in the shower and I fell and gashed
hi, I’m a 58yr old, who suffers from an inflammatory arthritis, called ankylosing spondylitis, and mainly affects the spine but also peripheral joints. 10 weeks ago, I was on holiday in Devon, and suddenly noticed my left knee was buckling. A week later it gave way in the shower and I fell and gashed
Runrig01
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Arthritis Action
1 year ago
update PMR or Neck Problem
Just putting this here as I don’t know if anyone can see it on my thread, sorry if repeating myself. UPDATE Just spoke to GP. Not a successful call. When I mentioned neck/arm he says I haven’t got PMR & wants me off the steroids. I’m worried now in case I reduce and I really have got PMR again as well
Just putting this here as I don’t know if anyone can see it on my thread, sorry if repeating myself. UPDATE Just spoke to GP. Not a successful call. When I mentioned neck/arm he says I haven’t got PMR & wants me off the steroids. I’m worried now in case I reduce and I really have got PMR again as well
Purplelamp
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PMRGCAuk
1 year ago
PMR, travelling abroad, emergency pack of Pred ( “ sick day rules”) in case of illness
Hello, I’m off to a small Greek island next week where there are limited medical facilities - there are doctors but no pharmacy. I’ve just had a bit of a frustrating conversation with a GP during which I was trying to explain that should I unfortunately become ill eg Covid ( I hope not of course !) would
Hello, I’m off to a small Greek island next week where there are limited medical facilities - there are doctors but no pharmacy. I’ve just had a bit of a frustrating conversation with a GP during which I was trying to explain that should I unfortunately become ill eg Covid ( I hope not of course !) would
ChrissieHW
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PMRGCAuk
1 year ago
Heart failure and fatigue
I was diagnosed with moderate/severe LV failure earlier this year. I'm now taking 7.5mg bisoprolol, with entrestol 24/26, dapaglyflozine and eplerenone, and been on these doses for about 6 weeks. Although my BP and heartrate has been brought down very well by the heart meds, it's a struggle to keep
I was diagnosed with moderate/severe LV failure earlier this year. I'm now taking 7.5mg bisoprolol, with entrestol 24/26, dapaglyflozine and eplerenone, and been on these doses for about 6 weeks. Although my BP and heartrate has been brought down very well by the heart meds, it's a struggle to keep
whisperit
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British Heart Foundation
1 year ago
prednisolone
Hi My Gp said I will need to go back on steroids . I’ve been off them for a few weeks now & the agony is unbearable . My Gp put me on naproxen until blood test results come back . Receptionists said blood results normal . Gp hasn’t contacted me yet . So I was wondering if it’ll be okay to start
Hi My Gp said I will need to go back on steroids . I’ve been off them for a few weeks now & the agony is unbearable . My Gp put me on naproxen until blood test results come back . Receptionists said blood results normal . Gp hasn’t contacted me yet . So I was wondering if it’ll be okay to start
TedTheMaineCoon
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PMRGCAuk
1 year ago
Interview with Sarah L. Mackie, MD on Tocilizumab, steroids and the future of GCA treatment.
https://www.healio.com/news/rheumatology/20230831/bubbling-with-new-ideas-tocilizumab-steroids-and-the-future-of-gca-treatment
https://www.healio.com/news/rheumatology/20230831/bubbling-with-new-ideas-tocilizumab-steroids-and-the-future-of-gca-treatment
perceptual63
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PMRGCAuk
1 year ago
Feeling poorly
Evening everyone, I have continued to feel increasingly unwell. Shoulder and neck pain continues and keeps me awake or wakes me up every night now. I sometimes wake up with sweat around my neck and chest. The steroid injection I had 13 days ago helped a bit to decrease the intensity of pain but it hasn
Evening everyone, I have continued to feel increasingly unwell. Shoulder and neck pain continues and keeps me awake or wakes me up every night now. I sometimes wake up with sweat around my neck and chest. The steroid injection I had 13 days ago helped a bit to decrease the intensity of pain but it hasn
MsWhistledown
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Thyroid UK
8 months ago
Steriod Injection
Hi Started Methotrexate 15mg 6 weeks ago. Before that I was on a weaning dose of Prednisolone, which was 15mg when I started Mtx. After finishing steroids 2 weeks ago, pain has returned. Rang RA nurses who arranged a steroid injection my thigh (pain in ankles, knee and shoulders) , but the pain has
Hi Started Methotrexate 15mg 6 weeks ago. Before that I was on a weaning dose of Prednisolone, which was 15mg when I started Mtx. After finishing steroids 2 weeks ago, pain has returned. Rang RA nurses who arranged a steroid injection my thigh (pain in ankles, knee and shoulders) , but the pain has
Tinker72
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NRAS
10 months ago
MrFacts
Can somebody highlight the entire causes and side effects of IV steroids They cause osteoporosis, which is bone loss So where does this bone loss go and where does if form I know steroids settles inflammation But long term, is the systemic impact on us better or worse After two courses of
Can somebody highlight the entire causes and side effects of IV steroids They cause osteoporosis, which is bone loss So where does this bone loss go and where does if form I know steroids settles inflammation But long term, is the systemic impact on us better or worse After two courses of
mrfacts
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Vasculitis UK
1 year ago
GP appointment and blood tests - will recent steroid injection skew results?
Afternoon everyone, I had a GP appointment yesterday to discuss my symptoms. Went through everything that has happened since the summer. She sent me for blood tests today which included CRP, ESR, Rheumatoid factor and various other tests relating to autoimmune conditions. She insisted I call back for
Afternoon everyone, I had a GP appointment yesterday to discuss my symptoms. Went through everything that has happened since the summer. She sent me for blood tests today which included CRP, ESR, Rheumatoid factor and various other tests relating to autoimmune conditions. She insisted I call back for
MsWhistledown
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PMRGCAuk
8 months ago
what next?
I was diagnosed with PMR five years ago and my gp kept me on Prednisolone for two years which resulted in a catalogue of side effects including glaucoma and cataracts. My diagnosis was confirmed as RA shortly after. I have been taking methotrexate successfully since. However my condition has worsened
I was diagnosed with PMR five years ago and my gp kept me on Prednisolone for two years which resulted in a catalogue of side effects including glaucoma and cataracts. My diagnosis was confirmed as RA shortly after. I have been taking methotrexate successfully since. However my condition has worsened
Pange63
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NRAS
8 months ago
Good news about steroids!
I thought I would share the results of a recent study. It looked at 1112 (wow!) people with Rheumatoid Arthritis who were either taking 7.5mg or less of prednisolone regularly, or a control drug which wasn't a steroid. After two years, those taking prednisolone weighed on average only around 1kg more
I thought I would share the results of a recent study. It looked at 1112 (wow!) people with Rheumatoid Arthritis who were either taking 7.5mg or less of prednisolone regularly, or a control drug which wasn't a steroid. After two years, those taking prednisolone weighed on average only around 1kg more
oldtimer2
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NRAS
1 year ago
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