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nausea and diarreha after cortisone injection

By tomcatpjl | 44 posts, last post
Dr. Judith Mairs-Levy answered this Side Effects Of Cortisone Injections
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Had a cortisone injection five days ago, subcutaneous, to help me over Christmas and New Year holidays befoe I have an infusion of Rituximab for RA.
Woke up this morning feeling nauseous and was inventually sick but the diarreh began two days before. How long does the feelings go on for?
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I am having the same symptoms. The nurse is saying she have never heard of this happened but this is my second injection. I felt so bad I could not get out of bed to make it to bathroom. Could not even eat for four days. Also, ER for severe headaches too. Better after 7days. Took some antacid , gasx, powder aid to drink. Hope you feel better.
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yes FOR 4 DAYS
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Tomorrow is 10 days for me since my Epidural Injection in L5 and S1. I have had the diarrhea since then. Had so much back pain and tenderness in the kidney area. That however is now gone. I also had so many sleepless nights. Im up a lot at night normally but that injection jolted my system with this symptom for almost an entire week. Still have the diarrhea though.
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I had first shot of cortizone epidural to the l3l4 at 215pm yesterday and at 2pm today i felt suddenly sick..stomach cramps. Diarrhea. Then an hour later same thing. Thought thay was the worst of it. Nauseated after that. 630 another bought of it. Good god.
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I have the same symptoms. My diarrhea has been going on for over 4 weeks. Had stool samples done. Nothing. Had colonoscopy and am waiting for the results. Still have diarrhea. Started out more watery and didn't change until I took some Immodium at the suggestion of my Gastroenterologist. Even with that, I still have diarrhea. I don't know what to do at this point. Scared.
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Same thing happened to me. 6 weeks out and still having severe diarreha.
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I have the same thing going on. It's horrible. It's been going on for about 6 weeks of this. If you can let me know what you find out.
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Yeah the Imodium hasn't helped me at all. Mostly I'm just frustrated with the inconvenience of it all. I don't even want to think about there being something seriously wrong.
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I finally went to my doctor. She seems to think it might be C. Diff. Doing the stool sample thing this weekend
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I have had several injections in the last 3 months and started with the diarrhea the last two months,i was told that it was something else causes this to happen,but now i believe in my heart that it is these injections. I have beeb paying close attention to what i eat,drink,and my other meds and all of these things r the same ....these injections r the only new meds in my body...my stomach is so upset,i am afraid to leave home ..(diarrhea) ....how long is this going to last? I need help!
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From what I have read if the wrong disc or nerve is affected it can cause people to loose control of bowel and bladder function. It might be a good idea to talk to a different spine specialist for a second opinion as to if their is a possible connection. Good luck
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I had my first cortisone shot in hip yesterday afternoon. Starting at 10:30 pm last night I started to have nausea, bad intestinal cramping and pain and explosive watery diarrhea. This has gone on for 12 hours. Needless to say, I haven't slept all night. I can't even keep s little bit of gaterade and 2 saltines inside of me. Now of course I have a headache too. Wasn't able to find anything online about this being a side effect of the cortisone until I came across this site. I am a 70 y/o woman and I need to take daily levothyroxine (my thyroid and 2 parathyroids removed years ago) and I have been off my warfarin for 6 days due to the shot and need to get back on it asap but everything just flies right through me. I am about to call my MD but I'm sure he will say this is not caused by the cortisone. Thank you all for sharing your experiences.

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I had an SI injection in my lower back today. I have had diarrhea is this normal? I didn’t get a side effects list from dr
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I had a cortisone shot in my knee 5 months ago and I had diarrhea for four weeks. I told my doctor and he acted like he was not aware of that as a side effect of it. my knee sure felt better though.
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