Prednisone

[Menomommy]

Can anyone explain to me how 50 mg of prednisone a day for 5 days can elevate symptoms (inflammation in nasal passages) for months?

[wiserlady]

I took steroids for a few weeks and then stopped and then had to again and so on. Blocked nose and much else came with it.

[Menomommy in reply to wiserlady]

Are you saying you took the steroids for the blocked nose and the blockage kept coming back? How long after taking the steroids would it come back. I was advised taking 50 mg for 5 days and hopefully that would stop the blockage for some months.

[wiserlady in reply to Menomommy]

That sounds about right

[Menomommy in reply to wiserlady]

wiserlady, thank you for all your help. One more question…when you took the 5 days of prednisone, how long did the symptoms go away until they came back?

[wiserlady in reply to Menomommy]

it might be a month, maybe two, it depended, and hard to remember after such a long time, but it did seem to be quicker as time went on

[Menomommy]

Was the steroids just for the blocked nose or something else as well? What are you doing now about it? The same? Steroids every 2 months? I heard rinsing whole doing the steroids will work very well.

[Dkdfree]

My husband had to take for RA. Its a nasty drug. Can I ask why perscribed?? Suggest researching the side effects and go from there.

[Menomommy in reply to Dkdfree]

What is RA? I’m thinking if taking it for nasal inflammation which is causing nose blockage. Only for 5 days and after that I’m done.

[Dkdfree in reply to Menomommy]

Rheumatoid arthritis

[Bidgie]

Prednisone is a steroid which is good against inflammation, but can reduce your immune system, so should only be used short term if possible. I was prescribed it in a nasal spray but now just use Sudafed nasal spray if can't sniff up each nostril separately and down the other