"Cortisone has effects on the entire body; those that are not desired are called side effects. When Prednisone is used to treat a skin condition, the purpose is almost always to alleviate pain and suffering and not as a life-saving intervention. If you do not think the side effects are worth the risk, then you should not take internal steroids."
"During the next week (from the prednisone) I started having heart flutterings and severe migraine-like headaches. I finally quit taking the prednisone when I started dry-heaving (i.e., vomiting without anything "coming up"). I have never been allergic to any medication in my life."
"I got poison ivy about 2 years ago for the first time in my life. Terrible experience. I had it on my eyelids and down my neck to the top of my legs. After 1 week on constant itching and pain I was put on Prednisone and benadryl. My poison ivy did not change much but I did get heart palpatations. After stopping treatment and then restarting I found that the prednisone treatments caused my poison ivy to go down, but increased my irratabilities and nerves. I found that I was very emotional and suffered 2 panic attacks within 1 month after the treatments. Another first for me. I would caution people to look out for large doses of steroids as I have read this kind of reaction is common."
"I can definitely relate to an unpleasant experience with prednisone. I've had poison ivy before, but never like the case I got a month ago that just won't go away. My regular doctor eventually prescribed prednisone, starting with 60mgs (to be taken once a day) and I immediately began to feel extremely weird - seeing and hearing things, feeling out of sorts, etc. This subsided as I stepped down to lower doses, but it was extremely unpleasant reaction."
All of this info is here on this site. As you can see Prednisone makes lots of people sick and their rashes usually come back. Prednisone is a very strong drug that I think is over used for mild to moderate cases of PI. People would do best to leave it alone except in severe cases. Get well soon :) [email protected]
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