Prednisolone?
tedthered64
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Hi everyone,
My wife as just collected my repeat prescription and for some reason the doctor as included prednisolone 5mg? The doctor gave no mention of this to me last week.
I Now it's an anti inflammatory but I already naproxen 500mg wondering why she as done this, I will of course ring her,
Ted
My wife as just collected my repeat prescription and for some reason the doctor as included prednisolone 5mg? The doctor gave no mention of this to me last week.
I Now it's an anti inflammatory but I already naproxen 500mg wondering why she as done this, I will of course ring her,
Ted
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Prednisolone is not an anti-inflammatory, Ted, it's a corticosteroid. They need treating with respect so I think your plan of ringing up to check is a good one as you need to be told how to take them. Please let's know the outcome.If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
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stickywicket wrote:Prednisolone is not an anti-inflammatory, Ted, it's a corticosteroid. They need treating with respect so I think your plan of ringing up to check is a good one as you need to be told how to take them. Please let's know the outcome.0
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I also would advise checking with your doctor why pred has been prescribed.
If you can avoid them then I would, it's a great medication for the short term, but so bad for you in the long term. And very difficult to come off the medication too.0 -
As5567 wrote:I also would advise checking with your doctor why pred has been prescribed.
If you can avoid them then I would, it's a great medication for the short term, but so bad for you in the long term. And very difficult to come off the medication too.
I am proper confused by it tbh0 -
This could be simply a clerical / clinical error and you are very wise to check. Please let us know the outcome. DDHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0
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dreamdaisy wrote:This could be simply a clerical / clinical error and you are very wise to check. Please let us know the outcome. DD0
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Hello, we're a week on now, have you been able to get to the bottom of this mystery? DDHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0
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dreamdaisy wrote:Hello, we're a week on now, have you been able to get to the bottom of this mystery? DD
Yes, spoke to my GP last night, she said she prescribed it to help with my arthritis, she said it would provide some relief.
Ted0 -
Hi Ted,
Glad you got back to your GP, in my experience a short burst of prednisolone is great for settling down inflammation, though I have trouble sleeping when I take it. I mostly get it for my asthma, but it has the happy side effect of relieving my Rheumatoid arthritis when I take it. As the others have said, I would be wary of long term use if you can manage without it, but in the short term if you GP thinks it will help I hope it gives you some freedom from pain for a while.
Deb xx0 -
dibdab wrote:Hi Ted,
Glad you got back to your GP, in my experience a short burst of prednisolone is great for settling down inflammation, though I have trouble sleeping when I take it. I mostly get it for my asthma, but it has the happy side effect of relieving my Rheumatoid arthritis when I take it. As the others have said, I would be wary of long term use if you can manage without it, but in the short term if you GP thinks it will help I hope it gives you some freedom from pain for a while.
Deb xx
Thank you, I will use it and see if it helps, going through a really bad time at the minute with pain everywhere, so anything that helps will be a relief.
Ted x0 -
I was given pred when I had to come off all the other meds and I loved it. It made me feel so much better (unlike any of the other stuff) and removed many of my symptoms, even easing the pain to some degree. It's a pleasant feeling but not to be relied upon because it masks the trouble rather than addressing it. 5mg is a fairly small dose, how many tablets do you have? I'm assuming it will be a short course of treatment and I hope it helps. Good luck! DDHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0
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