Some thoughts

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Dear a:

Thank you for all your information on the drugs we use for our conditions. I

appreciate all your work concerning this.

I just want to comment on one thing. Some people feel pain meds are so

dangerous yet they take prednisone and not fear the side effects that, it

causes.

I have taken prednisone in low doses for about 15 years and even though my

doses have been low, I have serious side effects. I have cataracts,

bone loss, osteoporosis, DDD, and many other things. Also, I have a severe

breathing disorder called atelectasis caused by the prednisone in which I get

severely out of breath when taking 10 steps or more. I have to use a scooter

to walk any kind of distance. I cannot get off of the prednisone even though I

am only taking 5 MG. If I try to come off, (and I have tried) I can't walk

at all and have severe pain.

If this is not more dangerous then any pain meds I don't know what is. How

can Doctors put patients on high doses of prednisone and not worry about these

side effects and have they even made their patients aware of what they can do?

My Doctors didn't know about how bad things could get when they put me on it

for my kidney transplant. They had to use the medicine then. However,

hopefully Doctors will use other medicines now instead of prednsione since they

are

now aware of what it can do. I can't understand using prednisone at a high

dose now when there are so many other meds available.

Sincerely,

, (Anjillah)