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What Causes Anxiety Disorder After Using Prednisone For Shingles?
my husband recently had a shingles outbreak and was prescribed some steroid medications and prednisone. He has increasingly become mentally unstable and paranoid and verbally attacking me. Is it possible this is due to his medication(s). He is 67 and is on a lot of medication for heart disease
Mon, 27 Apr 2015
Prednisone and other steroid medications can affect mood and mental status. People on them can get very depressed, or angry, or "hyper." You mention he's on a lot of meds, so they also could be interacting with the drugs prescribed for shingles. Stop the prednisone and other steroids, and contact his doctor immediately. The risks of using these medicines in your husband appear to outweigh any potential benefit it might give for the shingles. Hope this helps.
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