Prednisone questions

[Robert]

Thanks for all the info. Seems like I definitely have some stuff to bring to my rhuemy's attention. My faith in her abilities has definitely dropped. I'm going to see if there is another rhuemy there that I can start seeing. She's only there one day a week anyway. I'm just scared that there might not be anyone else. And without having regular insurance I'm kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place.

[Sangye]

Glad to hear you're going to look for a new one. Even if you have to travel a bit, it's worth it.

[elephant]

Some doctors are able to think outside the box, but some don't. Doctors often forget to tell their patient to take a stool softner or eat high fiber diet when taking pain pills like codiene.

[Kathie28]

Speaking of acid reflux - I seem to have it in a very strange way. I frequently have the sensation that food and drink are stuck in my back. Does that happen to anyone else?
I take Pepcid twice a day and have tried Prilosec and Prevacid but nothing seems to really work well. I have been on something ever since I started the Pred though.

[Sangye]

Speaking of acid reflux - I seem to have it in a very strange way. I frequently have the sensation that food and drink are stuck in my back. Does that happen to anyone else?
I take Pepcid twice a day and have tried Prilosec and Prevacid but nothing seems to really work well. I have been on something ever since I started the Pred though.

Feeling that food is stuck in your back is very common. Have you tried Protonix (pantoprazole)? It's the only one that works for me.

[Lightwarrior]

Speaking of acid reflux - I seem to have it in a very strange way. I frequently have the sensation that food and drink are stuck in my back. Does that happen to anyone else?
I take Pepcid twice a day and have tried Prilosec and Prevacid but nothing seems to really work well. I have been on something ever since I started the Pred though.

I agree with Sangye, Protonix works great for me. Like you my Docs never mentioned it, a friend of mine who is a pharmacist happened to be working in the outpatient pharmacy when I picked up my prescriptions and asked me why I wasn't taking protonix, he called the doc and got a order. I spent 2 weeks though with my stomach and throat on fire. I'm a critical care nurse and you would think I would have snapped, but sometimes it is so overwhelming. That's why you will love this forum. I really think this forum has saved my life more than once.

[RudiK]

Hello Robert: I was on 60 mg Pred for one month and then my doc lowered it by 10 mg a week until now, were it is at 5 mg. I'm also taking 40 mg Pantoprazole.
Rudi K.

[norcalian]

I am on 80 mg/d of prednisone. The discharging doctor from the hospital prescribed me 20mg of pepcid to take at night...it was like a mouse fighting a lion. After a couple of weeks (and reading one of Sangye's posts about permanent damage...thanks for the warning Sangye - it6 got me moving a little quicker) I called my GP and he put me on 40 mg of pepcid twice a day....which is much much better. sleep is better (what sleep I can get with prednisone). It seems like acid reflux is onde of the more common pred side-effects.