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Suggest Treatment For Withdrawal Symptoms Of Prednisone
Question: I think im havibg withdraw from prednisone. Is there anything i can do to aleviate it?
I went to a doctor for chest cold, couldnt breath last thursday. He gave me 20mg twice daily for 6 days. I missed two doses in a row and took 1/2 dose a little while ago. I feel like um goong crazy and my bp is up, is there anything i can do to make my bp go down?
I went to a doctor for chest cold, couldnt breath last thursday. He gave me 20mg twice daily for 6 days. I missed two doses in a row and took 1/2 dose a little while ago. I feel like um goong crazy and my bp is up, is there anything i can do to make my bp go down?
Brief Answer:
these are not corticosteroid withdrawal symptoms
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
first of all you haven't taken too much corticosteroid to cause any kind of problem when quitting, so your assumption is not right. Besides that corticosteroid withdrawal does exactly the opposite, it causes low blood pressure. I can't approach your blood pressure problem with current information. Based on the information you've provided I can suggest a possible scenario but I can't do anything more than that. So the scenario goes like this: prednisone causes sodium and water retention which may cause various problems. In normal healthy individuals this may have only minimal consequences. In other individuals it may even cause heart failure with pulmonary edema or lung effusions, swollen legs, high blood pressure, etc.
If your blood pressure is too high (systolic higher than 160mmHg) or if you have edema anywhere or if you still have shortness of breath, then I suggest you pay your doctor another visit for assessment.
I hope it helps!
Kind Regards!
these are not corticosteroid withdrawal symptoms
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
first of all you haven't taken too much corticosteroid to cause any kind of problem when quitting, so your assumption is not right. Besides that corticosteroid withdrawal does exactly the opposite, it causes low blood pressure. I can't approach your blood pressure problem with current information. Based on the information you've provided I can suggest a possible scenario but I can't do anything more than that. So the scenario goes like this: prednisone causes sodium and water retention which may cause various problems. In normal healthy individuals this may have only minimal consequences. In other individuals it may even cause heart failure with pulmonary edema or lung effusions, swollen legs, high blood pressure, etc.
If your blood pressure is too high (systolic higher than 160mmHg) or if you have edema anywhere or if you still have shortness of breath, then I suggest you pay your doctor another visit for assessment.
I hope it helps!
Kind Regards!
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