What should one expect while taking prednisone?!

below are some of the side affect for prednisone:

changes in the shape or location of body fat (especially in your arms, legs, moon face, neck, breasts, and waist)!.
sleep problems (insomnia), mood changes;
acne, dry skin, thinning skin, bruising or discoloration;
slow wound healing;
increased sweating;
headache, dizziness, spinning sensation;
nausea, stomach pain, bloating

my doctor wants me to take 50mg everyday but I am requested to take 100mg every other day!. This way, can lower the side affects!. I have been taken this amount for 7 weeks I am still feeling ok!. Some people with this dosage may gain around 10lbs to 15lbs a month!. I gain about 2lbs and only thing i don't look as firm!. I also tried to control my diet!. I took less than 2000mg sodium per day for the days that i don't need to take the pills and take half of the amount of sodium on the day that i need to take the pills!. always look at the sodium contents when you shop!. get rid of any junk food in your fridge!. also store alot of veggies and fruit at home because prednisone makes you hungry!. bewared of the sodium percentage on salad dressing!. I have read an article today that taken good amount of protassium will help slow down the process of moon face!. Banana, Grape, Grape fruit will give you good amount of protassium!.

During the medication, you will feel dizzy and tired all day long!. Don't give your self any excuse!. Some easy exercises will help!. I hit the gym at lease 3 times weekly and spent 1- 2 hours every time!. I walk about 30mins on treadmill for 2!.5-3 speed!. Some light weight training to tone my mucles!. 10- 20 mins basket ball!. (I used don't know how to play basket ball)!.

You also have to make sure that your doctor have given you below medicines together with prednisone!.

- calcium (Long term use of prednisone cause lack of calcium and join pain)
- medicine for protecting your stomach!. prednisone may cause stomache!.
- fish oil (i think it's good for preventing diabetic!. Long term use of prednisone may cause diabetic!. I think fish oil helps me with my moodswing)

p!.s!. to treat your self better!. pick a day before you start your medication, hang out with your best buddies and have a great great meal!. because it's so hard to control your self from good food during the medication!. low sodium food doesn't taste very good!.

Sorry for my poor grammers and typos!.!.!.!. I hope above can help you!. If you have any questions you can email me on sally60381@yahoo!.com!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

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Use with caution in diabetes mellitus; osteoporosis; peptic ulcer; esophagitis; tuberculosis; and other acute and chronic bacterial, viral, and fungal infections; hypertension or other cardiovascular diseases; hypothy-roidism; immunizations; hypoalbuminemia; psychosis; and liver disease!. Suppres-sion of PPD and other skin test reactions can occur!.

Dose- and duration-related side effects include fluid and electrolyte disturbances (with possible edema and hypertension), hyperglycemia and glycosuria, spread of herpes conjunctivitis, activation of tuberculosis, osteo-porosis, bone fractures, myopathy, menstrual irregularities, behavioral distur-bances (increasing with dosages >40 mg/day), poor wound healing, ocular cataracts, glaucoma, arrest of growth (in children), hirsutism, pseudotumor cerebri (primarily in children), and Cushing

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