Corticosteroids (Hormonal preparations)

Corticosteroids are drugs related to cortisol, a hormone produced in the adrenal cortex. Corticosteroids are used primarily as anti-inflammatories but could be also used for treating some malignancies or natural hormone deficiency. Corticosteroid Drugs Include: Betamethasone (Celestone), Budesonide (Entocort EC), Cortisone (Cortone), Dexamethasone (Decadron), Hydrocortisone (Cortef), Prednisolone (Prelone), Prednisone (Deltasone) and Triamcinolone (Kenacort, Kenalog).

prednisone worries

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Hi, I feel for you all, I have come off prednisone and I hurt everywhere the thing that worries me is I had the pain and joint pain while I was taking it and now that I have come off of it the joint pain and musle pain is just as bad. not sure what the doctors are going to do to help me but I willl...

by Guest over a year ago

cortisone injection

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I did not find your response to the question of drinking and cortisone particularly helpful. Yes, most people are aware that drugs and alcohol don't mix but the majority would assume that only applied to drugs taken orally. I had no warning given to me before having a cortisone injection, nor a...

by culley133449 over a year ago

burping problems and blood in stool

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I've recently started Androgel due to lack of testicles, and shortly after I've experienced frequent burping on a daily basis. About a month after that there has been blood in my stool. Not a lot, but it worries me. These are not possible side effects, could it be something else, or should I talk...

by Guest over a year ago

Has cortisone put extra weight on me?

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I have had seven cortisone injections in the last 12 months and in this time i have also gained excessive weight. Not even exercise has shifted this gain. I'm not a big eater and have shed weight before this with exercise. I'm at a loss as to why this has happened.

by Guest over a year ago

prednisone

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I would like to know, i`m 38 years old and i was taking prednisone from the 31 Jan 07 to 3 Feb 07, i would like to know how long, that`s stay in my system and how lon i will have side effect, per instant i still have bowell pain and i have pimples on my chest, back and a little bit onmy forehead....

by STephane over a year ago

Liver enzymes high. Could it be due to PMR affecting muscles????

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I started in feb. 2011 with PMR.I am now doing good just a biit of stiffness in thighs & arm. My liver function tests have been mildly elevated since this past feb. I looked up about it & found that in most liver disease cases ALT levels rise above AST levels. When AST are greater it...

by Donna over a year ago

allergic reation to hair dye sat eve

i was prescribe prednisone,because my face neck and forehead swelled up due to dying my hair.but my face is more swell since i went to the hospital in the early morning.it now 1130 am,i took the med 20 ml. about 930 but still not felling any swelling go down,i also took a benedryl,now just waiting...

by gina226 over a year ago

fluticasone propionate side effects

My two year old grandson suffers from asthma and seems to respond well to fluticason propionate, but has suddenly developed a stuttering condition. When his mother takes him off the fluticason propionate it goes away, but then his asthma attacks return. Is this a common side effect? What other...

by blh53905 over a year ago

A hot rush around the face and forehead area. Cordisone Reaction?

Just recently had a cordisone shot high up in the back of the leg. I then soon felt a hot rush around the face and forehead area. Is this something you can get? I am also on niaspan and had taken some 2hrs, prior to the injection of cordisone. Is there any connection to the two, or just the...

by Guest over a year ago

i had a steroid epidural in my lower lumber. i am not sure i

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i had a steriod epidural last friday. it was in my lower lumbar. i have had abad head ache and sevre neck pain since monday i am not sure if it is from the epidural or if it could be. should i contact the dr. i also know that it did relieve the pain till monday and that was it and now i hurt...

by kizz64093 over a year ago