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onetime1945
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Does prednisone ever stop chronic cluster h/a. I have tried it a number of times and after going off it I usually get the h/a back in about 2-3 days - sometimes worse than before taking it.
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Re: Prednisone
« Reply #1 on: Apr 6th, 2005, 10:21am » |
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It often stops them, at great cost to your body, and they usually return immediately after stopping usage. So a predinisone taper is offered commonly at the beginning of ramping up on another preventative, such as Verapamil...
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Re: Prednisone
« Reply #2 on: Apr 6th, 2005, 11:02am » |
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As Vig said . . .what a cost on the body!
Prednisone never ended D's chronic cycle . . .back in the day, when he would try a taper, it would knock the edge off the first 2 days . . .then *wham* he was hit again . . on the high side, it would sometimes break the every hour cycle down to every 2 to 3 hours . . which gave him (us) some recovery time . . .on our scale of 1 - 10 (10 being most likely to work . . .we score prednisone a 1.5 for D.
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Re: Prednisone
« Reply #3 on: Apr 6th, 2005, 12:43pm » |
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Well, I have had prednisone treatment twice. On both occasions it did wonders to my spirits (I was HAPPY all the time) but not that much to my HAs. I got nasty side effects, too. (Like I slept for 5 hours, tops.) But I must admit that the feeling of happiness I'd take back anytime... 
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Quote:| a predinisone taper is offered commonly at the beginning of ramping up on another preventative, such as Verapamil |
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Thats the ticket.
Pred. has differant side effects for differant people. Some exper5iance severe side effects, some hardly any.
The severest side effect I experiance is increased appetite. I prefer to lose the cycle first and the weight afterwards. I use pred. ever5y cycle with verapamil with great success. The protocol is simple:
At the beginning of the cycle:
240MG of Verap 2x a day for 2 weeks
Prednisone taper
Continue with verapamil until I feel safe to stop.
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Re: Prednisone
« Reply #5 on: Apr 8th, 2005, 10:16am » |
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on Apr 6th, 2005, 12:43pm, sandie99 wrote:| Well, I have had prednisone treatment twice. On both occasions it did wonders to my spirits (I was HAPPY all the time) but not that much to my HAs. I got nasty side effects, too. (Like I slept for 5 hours, tops.) But I must admit that the feeling of happiness I'd take back anytime... |
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I bet my hubby wishes I was happy when on pred. I turn into a moody psycho b*tch and I'm the first to admit it. Also I can't stop eating when I'm on it!
Yeah as vig and mia said. Pred is good sometimes for a short term break while upping or starting a longterm preventative med. It is hard on many different parts of the body.
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Re: Prednisone
« Reply #6 on: Apr 8th, 2005, 1:27pm » |
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It's horrible stuff. I gained 15 pounds, got acne, and turned into Darth Vader. The bad news is it didn't stop the CHs.
Bad temper is a pretty common side effect. My sister-in-law's father was on it for other reasons and started locking his wife in closets.
A couple of experiences for what they're worth....
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I haven't done that.
I'll try upping my dose.
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Re: Prednisone
« Reply #8 on: Apr 9th, 2005, 10:15am » |
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on Apr 9th, 2005, 6:06am, don wrote:
I haven't done that.
I'll try upping my dose. |
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There are easier and more socially acceptable ways of torturing your wife, like wearing a pink polka-dot tie with a plaid shirt to her company's Christmas dinner. (Whale pants are optional)
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