what can i do to help the face swelling while i am on prednisone

I have JRA & have been on prednisone for about 25 years and my best advice is to discuss alternating dosages with your doctor. I changed doctors about 3 years ago and it was the best decision I made for my arthritis treatment. When I first saw her I was on 20mg/daily. She immediately changed my dosage to where I was alternating daily by taking 20mg one day and 15mg the next day. Two months later she reduced my pred. to 20mg/12.5mg & currently almost 3 years later I'm down to 12.5mg/7.5mg. This has helped alot with my moonface and overall weight gain. I was able to go from 181lbs. down to 149lbs. But please discuss this with your physician before alternating your dosage to see if it is an option for you.

first ,you must go to physician to do the respective clinical analyzes and give you some medicine .besides if you have problems with your weight ,must be able to change your alimentation routine. eating more high fiber foods,for example apples ,oranges,tangerines with all peel ,beans, pinepple natural corn , oats any salad proteins and importan nating of sugar oiled food canddies and junk food and and so you are goint to lose weight making also some easy exercices together 8 litters of water per day .for me .help me glucophage 1000mg that doctor give me .

I have the same fluffiness, just read it's called moon face. the only good thing I can say is I feel so much better and this is something that comes with the double-edged sword from the big P. I have decided to just accept this and the fact that it erases a lot of my 67-yr-old wrinkles I take as a plus. You have to stay positive. The reason I was put on prednisone is Polymyalgia Rhuematica and the pain was unbearable; could hardly stand or pick up a glass of water. it's good to get my life back, but of course there are concerns. I hate pharmaceuticals and live a very healthy life, but being in pain for so long, even knowing the side affects of prednisone, I am so grateful to feel better. I plan to use some cold packs before my 50th class reunion in a couple of weeks, but otherwise I'll accept my new puffy face and hope that the year on prednisone will kick the PMR's ass and I can get back to being healthy by eating right and living well. Namaste. Rose

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how can i get rid of this swollen moon face?  I cannot even look at myself without wanting to cry.

I think you do get moon face and weight gain if you are prednisone to long it will go away when you get weaned off of it

I was on Prednisone for about 2 months and have been off now for about two weeks. I gained 25 pounds and have the moon face like crazy! I have been eating VERY healthy and excersising as much as my recovery will alow and yet I still see all of the side effects! has anyone had trouble with this? I'm no longer taking it and thought I would be looking and feeling much better by now :(

I've be on Prednisone for 4 year due to kidney Failure and Lupus. When I first went in they gave me an IV does of 500mg to subside the Lupus. I've fluctuated ever since going from as low as 5mg up to 70mg (morning dose) I gained a lot of weight from it. But I found that one you start loosing weight the moon face subsides. There's no real way you can get rid of it, trust me I was a 17 year old with moon face, I begged the doctors for some sort or remedy. The main point is, is to embrace it!!! It looks adorable!! I get comemented all the time. Just start looking at it in that prospective :)

I have R A for 33 yrs. I have been on Enbrel shots 1x a week 50mg for about 10 yrs most of the time it has kept the pain under control, I have had flare ups usually do prednisone pk for a week & it calms it down. But Nov 1,2014 Dr put me on fasomax for osteoporosis, I took 3 doses I x a week before I realized it was the meds not a reg flare up. Anyways I took 3 pred. pks in about 4 wks pain & swelling kept coming bk from feet up to neck every joint, by Dec 30 I cked myself into hospital, I was hardly able to walk, had to have help getting up& down. spent 2 days in hospital with iv pain & steroids, pain was gone for 5 days started bk, Dr put me on 10mg of pred. for 21days helped pain about 50%, then came bk , Dr admitted me for 4 days IV with steroids & strong pain meds. sent home with 40mg of pred. then I decrease weekly by 10mg for 4 wks, 600 mg of Celebrex. 40 or 60mg of plaquanil. (not sure about spelling) also my Enbrel shot once a week. Now with the prednisone I am gaining weigh, my face is like a blow fish,lol & I am having nite sweats like crazy. Hungry all the time. But so far my pain is under control rite now, just praying after I'm done with meds, pain will stay gone & my face & body will go down. I'm going to try drinking lots of water. If anyone has suggestions please let me know. Also I really feel all this was brought on & not able to get under because of fasomax for osteo. I WILL NEVER take any of those meds again.

What worked somewhat for me is that I always have a cold glass of water with lemon slices in it with me and ice cubes and I avoid everything salty.

to the person that "crying outLoud"  please take a course in etiquette and compassion. Rudeness is ulgy!

65 milligrams sounds like way, way too much...most I have ever heard of was 40 per day...but then???????

I take 5mg a day for RA. I have for the past 3 years. I have a pretty nasty case of RA as well. The side effect to the drug suck, moon face, weight gain and all the trimmings. I have tried to go off of it very slowly several times and just ended up not being able to get out of bed. It was a mess. It is a wonder drug but a nightmare just the same. I wish I could lose the moon face. I wondered if a water pill may help but have not seen anything during my search that would indicate so :\

Water pills don't help for me. I am tapering 1mg a week. Started 15, then 12.5, then 10, then down 1 mg a week as I insisted to doctor I would not take them anymore. My swelling started 6 weeks in so was quite a shock. even though I'm tapering face is growing by the day. don't recognise myself and so depressed. Have lots of other side effects as well.

Yes! I am experiencing it now knew bout moon face but just found out about apple belly Dr don't tell u anything took lots of pictures and cry when I look at the moon face.

Are you still taking prednisone? I get lowered but then I get the headaches back so the prednisone has to be higher again.