First, Second, 20th Opinions...I called my rheumatologist back home and got a prednisone prescription faxed over. The prednisone didn't help much.... By Angela Lundberg6 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments15 comments
Treating my Ankylosing Spondylitis with Radon & Biologics...I was using prednisone & prednisolone much too often, so I looked for an alternative.... By tich1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
The RA Pregnancy Chronicles: Balancing Acts & Difficult Decisions...The second option we discussed was the use of corticosteroids, or prednisone.... By Mariah Z. Leach4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
Phantom Fevers...Because I have been on a low dose of prednisone for a very long time, my internist recommends that when I’m sick I temporarily increase my prednisone dosage... By Kelly Mack3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments67 comments
Fight Club...My fight club means there is no giving up on securing the best treatment, traveling within and outside my community, and tapping into the services that... By Kelly Mack3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
What the Fatigue?!...For me, those are methotrexate (MTX) and prednisone.... By Monica Y. Sengupta2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments59 comments
RA Timeout...Pampering ourselves in other ways can also give us some much-needed relief from the day to day stress of RA.... By Nan Hart2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
The Waiting Game...It took 50 days of antibiotics and over three weeks of prednisone to get over the infections.... By Tamara Haag3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Compassion Versus Pity and RA...Rather, it means one can emotionally relate to what another person is experiencing by tapping into their own sense of compassion. ... By Nan Hart3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Choose Your Symptom...This was as finicky a medication as prednisone.... By Monica Y. Sengupta3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments17 comments
Safety of RA Drug Treatments in Pregnant and Nursing Women...Prednisone and prednisolone are preferred in pregnant women because they are inactivated as they cross the placenta.Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs... By Editorial Team 6 min readBookmark for later
Approaching Re-evaluation...I’ve been on 5 mg of prednisone for 10 months now because nothing was working.... By Mary Sophia Hawks2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
The good, the bad and the ugly...I no longer obsess about the appearance but rather focus on eating healthy, moving my body as much as I can and doing positive pampering like massage to... By Nan Hart3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Smart Goals...Medications (Prednisone) - Unfortunately I just started taking prednisone again because of my right foot and ankle flaring up.... By Angela Lundberg8 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
Tips for a Tolerable Pregnancy...As all of my care providers were comfortable with me taking prednisone during pregnancy, I did indeed do a few short rounds of prednisone during each pregnancy... By Tamara Haag5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Steroids, RA, And The Battle Of The Bulge...My doctor put me on methylprednisolone as opposed to prednisone, because he said that it tends to have less side-effects than prednisone.... By Leslie Rott3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments6 comments
Seeking Sleep...The only problem is (as we all know) prednisone can cause sleeplessness.... By Carla Kienast3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments41 comments
Incurably Well...increasingly researching the ways that culture influences our ideas about “ability” and “disability” I have come to prefer the old metallurgical term “tempering... By Wren3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
Only as Strong as My Weakest Joint...But otherwise it is a struggle to work my leg muscles without aggravating or tapping out this particular joint.... By Kelly Mack3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Monica's Tips for Staying Organized...Everyone has their own methods for staying “organized” ranging from towering piles of paper to equally spaced, meticulously noted storage boxes.... By Monica Y. Sengupta3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments