When I first took prednisone it energized me. I felt like I had no need for sleep. My not needing any sleep wasn't sustainable. After a week or two of not enough sleep , I slept for 2 whole days because of sleep deprivation. The part about having a low cortisol level also rings true. Rather than being energized ... the slightest activity drained my battery in no time.... no more energizer bunny! Fatigue due to PMR inflammation was nothing compared to the overwhelming fatigue I felt when I had adrenal insufficiency. There is a lot of misinformation about prednisone and its side effects. Thank-you for all of your very informative videos.
Prednisone and Methyl-Prednisone causes skeletal problems based on personal family experiences. And later bones (arms, ribs, femoral) literally crumbled, then death in my sister. . . Docs in a medical center that worked with my sister (patient) removed the prednisone immediately but it was too late. They were upfront because they worked with her and they said prednisone caused it. RA docs were treating her prior.
Hi! You can check out this video about "9+ Tips for Prednisone Insomnia" View the full video here: prednisonepharmacist.com/education/9-tips-for-prednisone-insomnia/ For more information about prednisone, we have a bunch of content and articles that might be of help in your condition. You can browse our website at Prednisonepharmacist.com and discover ways to manage and counteract the side effects of prednisone.
I would say use dietary, supplemental tools also…as is recommended by Dr Megan elsewhere. I have taken her very instructive class…When my sister was very ill with cancer, I got her on a strict diet a week before each chemo treatment. It enabled her to tolerate the treatment and she did not get as violently ill…in fact, it enabled her to travel the first 24 hours to fly 3 hrs down to see all of us …anyway, I mention this because Dr Megan has an integrative approach and addresses the whole person ….
@kathleenlaw6146 Why remove it from discussion? Decadron is still available in U.K. (and please correct me if I am wrong on UK availability) but not U.S. anymore. If patent has not expired on Decadron, we need to push getting it back in U.S. In general, Why are most are most old "workable" drugs removed and replaced with many generics that are supposed to have the same active ingredient, yet many times not true (per reading of fda recalls) we find later 3rd world mfrs are caught red handed by altering the main ingredient of many drugs-in which they are not to do, could be politicial as we have already experienced thru pandemic, or have inactive ingredients that shouldnt be. . Yet, I shall correct myself because Decadron was removed from U.S. several years ago, and the generic replaced it. The generic Decadron, dexemethasone, although works much better than prednisone, but never has worked better than original Decadron. When those with asthma, severe fatal allergies, one shot of Decadron got folks thru it, it was a life-saving drug. With generics, esp now, not all generics are the same as they are mandated to be, as the inactive ingredients are quite different and/or , nanotechnology is used thru drug delivery in many meds, capsules, and the polymers- such as nanotech, alters dna, and nanoparticles, MRNA, RDNa, and other biotech/biosimilar methods, etx (per NIH.gov, pubmed, NLM). These generics made thru this "drug delivery" was approved under our current administration (per FDA article in approx 2021). I have experienced personally inactive ingredients can contain counter-active, allergy sensitive inactive components. The prednisone is being over RXd by docs here and esp RA clinics and has caused skeletal issues per NIH and my own family member that suffered from it, and many were over RXd heavily during pandemic. The prednisone was pushed hard during covid in my state, and generic decadron, like ivermectin and hydroxychlorequin were not allowed to be RXd in clinical environment; yet public hospitals had the drugs in imventory but did not issue them during pandemic period (we found by asking about pharma inventory on these and they were not kept at retail pharmas, makes us wonder why) and docs were fired from jobs for prescribing any of these, with exception of RXing prednisone over generic decadron in clinics. . . Hospitals, only in a life and death incident, was the generic decadron given butbya had to fight for it. . Itbseemed to be a hoarding of neds from public. hoarded it and not prescribing any of these. Medical board posted notifications of prescribing anything outside of these drugs and our state Dept of Health guy's mandates, docs were fired for treating their patients outside of these mandates. How did they get acceptance from docs? High $$ rebates, high hospital charges allowed by insurance, etc. Our state dept of health head pushed his recommendations so hard thru media on a daily basis, but after the pandemic period was over later found taking $$$ from pharma. It's called politics, enriching themselves to push certain drugs, offering rebates on those mandates drugs, which included the push for prednisone even over generic decadron, among other drugs they heavily marketed. Please have an open mind. Please research on the NIH, NLM, pubmed, and even the drug mfr sites on the chemical structures, the "drug delivery" methods (new buzz word in medical field) thru encaspulation and polymers. But, in summary, too many people have skeletal issues later, bone pain when taking (even when RXd for bone pain). Is this why so many class actions this year with bone cancer from prednisone? Is this result from the over-push since 2020? My sister, died Dec 2024 and was given low dose prednisone since 2020. She worked at a large public medical research center, with 25,000 employees. She arrived with severe bone pain and could not walk. They had to do immediate surgery and inserted rods in her arms and one leg. They found her bones literally crumbling from inside out. This hospital is a high tech, recipient in millions in $ grant studies; however when they opened her up they immediately thought she had bone cancer but could not find what kind as they have never seen anything like this. Docs asked her how long have you been on the prednisone? low dose since 2020. Being that this doc knew her as a coworker, he was upfront with her as a friend. He did not maintain that med in the hospital and blamed it on the prednisone and shared stories about prednisone patients. They sent her tissues to the 3 most prestigious centers for testing. We still don't have the results, yet she is deceased within 2 weeks of hospital entry. The message needs to get to the consumer to please take the time to research generics, especially thru the public .gov sites please. My opinion.
When I first took prednisone it energized me. I felt like I had no need for sleep. My not needing any sleep wasn't sustainable. After a week or two of not enough sleep , I slept for 2 whole days because of sleep deprivation. The part about having a low cortisol level also rings true. Rather than being energized ... the slightest activity drained my battery in no time.... no more energizer bunny!
Fatigue due to PMR inflammation was nothing compared to the overwhelming fatigue I felt when I had adrenal insufficiency.
There is a lot of misinformation about prednisone and its side effects. Thank-you for all of your very informative videos.
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Prednisone and Methyl-Prednisone causes skeletal problems based on personal family experiences. And later bones (arms, ribs, femoral) literally crumbled, then death in my sister. . . Docs in a medical center that worked with my sister (patient) removed the prednisone immediately but it was too late. They were upfront because they worked with her and they said prednisone caused it. RA docs were treating her prior.
How many years was she taking it for please? I’m trying so hard to wean off it.
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Hi! You can check out this video about "9+ Tips for Prednisone Insomnia"
View the full video here:
prednisonepharmacist.com/education/9-tips-for-prednisone-insomnia/
For more information about prednisone, we have a bunch of content and articles that might be of help in your condition. You can browse our website at Prednisonepharmacist.com and discover ways to manage and counteract the side effects of prednisone.
Hell, just take good ole validated Decadron.
I would say use dietary, supplemental tools also…as is recommended by Dr Megan elsewhere. I have taken her very instructive class…When my sister was very ill with cancer, I got her on a strict diet a week before each chemo treatment. It enabled her to tolerate the treatment and she did not get as violently ill…in fact, it enabled her to travel the first 24 hours to fly 3 hrs down to see all of us …anyway, I mention this because Dr Megan has an integrative approach and addresses the whole person ….
Why ? Curious.
@kathleenlaw6146 Why remove it from discussion? Decadron is still available in U.K. (and please correct me if I am wrong on UK availability) but not U.S. anymore. If patent has not expired on Decadron, we need to push getting it back in U.S. In general, Why are most are most old "workable" drugs removed and replaced with many generics that are supposed to have the same active ingredient, yet many times not true (per reading of fda recalls) we find later 3rd world mfrs are caught red handed by altering the main ingredient of many drugs-in which they are not to do, could be politicial as we have already experienced thru pandemic, or have inactive ingredients that shouldnt be. . Yet, I shall correct myself because Decadron was removed from U.S. several years ago, and the generic replaced it. The generic Decadron, dexemethasone, although works much better than prednisone, but never has worked better than original Decadron. When those with asthma, severe fatal allergies, one shot of Decadron got folks thru it, it was a life-saving drug. With generics, esp now, not all generics are the same as they are mandated to be, as the inactive ingredients are quite different and/or , nanotechnology is used thru drug delivery in many meds, capsules, and the polymers- such as nanotech, alters dna, and nanoparticles, MRNA, RDNa, and other biotech/biosimilar methods, etx (per NIH.gov, pubmed, NLM). These generics made thru this "drug delivery" was approved under our current administration (per FDA article in approx 2021). I have experienced personally inactive ingredients can contain counter-active, allergy sensitive inactive components. The prednisone is being over RXd by docs here and esp RA clinics and has caused skeletal issues per NIH and my own family member that suffered from it, and many were over RXd heavily during pandemic. The prednisone was pushed hard during covid in my state, and generic decadron, like ivermectin and hydroxychlorequin were not allowed to be RXd in clinical environment; yet public hospitals had the drugs in imventory but did not issue them during pandemic period (we found by asking about pharma inventory on these and they were not kept at retail pharmas, makes us wonder why) and docs were fired from jobs for prescribing any of these, with exception of RXing prednisone over generic decadron in clinics. . . Hospitals, only in a life and death incident, was the generic decadron given butbya had to fight for it. . Itbseemed to be a hoarding of neds from public. hoarded it and not prescribing any of these. Medical board posted notifications of prescribing anything outside of these drugs and our state Dept of Health guy's mandates, docs were fired for treating their patients outside of these mandates. How did they get acceptance from docs? High $$ rebates, high hospital charges allowed by insurance, etc. Our state dept of health head pushed his recommendations so hard thru media on a daily basis, but after the pandemic period was over later found taking $$$ from pharma. It's called politics, enriching themselves to push certain drugs, offering rebates on those mandates drugs, which included the push for prednisone even over generic decadron, among other drugs they heavily marketed. Please have an open mind. Please research on the NIH, NLM, pubmed, and even the drug mfr sites on the chemical structures, the "drug delivery" methods (new buzz word in medical field) thru encaspulation and polymers. But, in summary, too many people have skeletal issues later, bone pain when taking (even when RXd for bone pain). Is this why so many class actions this year with bone cancer from prednisone? Is this result from the over-push since 2020? My sister, died Dec 2024 and was given low dose prednisone since 2020. She worked at a large public medical research center, with 25,000 employees. She arrived with severe bone pain and could not walk. They had to do immediate surgery and inserted rods in her arms and one leg. They found her bones literally crumbling from inside out. This hospital is a high tech, recipient in millions in $ grant studies; however when they opened her up they immediately thought she had bone cancer but could not find what kind as they have never seen anything like this. Docs asked her how long have you been on the prednisone? low dose since 2020. Being that this doc knew her as a coworker, he was upfront with her as a friend. He did not maintain that med in the hospital and blamed it on the prednisone and shared stories about prednisone patients. They sent her tissues to the 3 most prestigious centers for testing. We still don't have the results, yet she is deceased within 2 weeks of hospital entry. The message needs to get to the consumer to please take the time to research generics, especially thru the public .gov sites please. My opinion.