AMY????? Re: Solumedrol v. Prednizone

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How are you doing Amy? Did the solumedrol work it's magic on you?

hugs

Sharon

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> For all you sweethearts who want me to have a much less bad time with

> treatment, thank you, I appreciate your care and concern. But this is the

issue

> with solumedrol(the IV) verses prednisone (the pills). I found this website

> that converts doses of one corticosteroid to another and basically if I

> were to take the oral instead of the IV I would have to take 1,250 mg of

> predisone daily to match one IV solution of 1000mg. solumedrol. I have a

> prescription of prednisone to taper me down after the five days on solumedrol

> and the dosage is for 10mg tablets. Knowing the nausea and the dizziness

> prednisone caused me last time I tapered down from a solumedrol drip I'll

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> with the plan my Neurologist has. I've had ms for 10 years and I've found

> this is what pulls me out of relapses the quickest and I'll just have to

> deal. Besides, solumedrol won't kill me unlike a certain ms drug out on the

> market. Now that I find unacceptable. As far as Copaxone is concerned I do

> truly believe it prevents my relapses when I take it consistently. I got very

> cocky over the past year thinking I could go without it but in my years of

> ms there is a distinct pattern of me skipping my shot for long periods of

> time and going into relapses.. So I'm back on the shot, no more gambling.

> Below is the website I found. This too shall pass along with this awful

> heat!.

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> Amy

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_http://www.wegeners-granulomatosis.com/forum/medication/426-solumedrol-vs-predn\

isone.html_

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(http://www.wegeners-granulomatosis.com/forum/medication/426-solumedrol-vs-predn\

isone.html)

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> In a message dated 7/19/2011 6:39:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> bic_gram@... writes:

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> I had a bad relapse after skipping Betaseron injections and I really beat

> myself up about it. My neuro said the two aren't connected and that I most

> likely would've had the relapse anyway.

> Amy, can you do oral steroids? I've had both oral and IV - IV knock me for

> a loop BIGTIME, oral lets me go about my day-to-day activities with no

> side effects.

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> From: " RubyFireDragon76@... "

> To: MSersLife

> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 4:24 AM

> Subject: Re: In a Bad Bad BAD Relapse - Cait

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> Thanks Cait. I just hate this oh so much.

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> In a message dated 7/19/2011 12:43:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> xstitcher@... writes:

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> .I'm so sorry about your relapse Amy . But please don't be so down on

> yourself for stopping the copaxone. Who's to say it wouldn't have happened

> if you hadn't and anyway, beating yourself up just adds stress. Try to

> think 'just 5 days, then 4, etc' ... hugs, Cait

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> ----- Original Message -----

> From: _RubyFireDragon76@..._ (mailto:RubyFireDragon76@...)

> To: _MSersLife _ (mailto:MSersLife )

> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 4:48 PM

> Subject: In a Bad Bad BAD Relapse

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> Well, this hasn't happened in several years but I went to my neurologist

> this afternoon to get the results of my annual MRI and the news was awful.

> Apparently my MRI with contrast lit up like a Christmas tree and I've got

> new damage in numerous parts of my brain. So I've got to have 5 days of

> solu-medral drip. This sucks, solu-medrol makes me so sick. I almost would

> prefer to stay in the relapse! This is what I get for skipping my Copaxone

shot

> for months at a time. Incredibly, I'm one of the 38% of people the stinking

> shot actually helps. That's baffling considering my usual awful odds. So

> I'm a little angry at myself over this because next week is going to be in

> and out of the hospital getting my veins pumped full of hell in a bag. Just

> had to vent. So my advice to those with RRMS, seriously, no matter what you

> read on statistics about any medicine you're on, don't skip it.

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> Amy

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