Re: avn, cushings syndrome= prednisone use

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On 5/05/10, chris scotland wrote:
> I to have been afflicted with this abomination of a drug,
> i have been asmathic since i was born, at age 12/13 i was
> told to take the thing as needed and only told a few of
> the minor side effects, weight gain, increased heart rate,
> i got was told puberty may come later than usual and there
> was the chance of impotence but that was all....when i was
> 25 i got a new doctor, who found out how much i was taking
> and freaked out explained and got me down to an almost ok
> level ( i have chronic asthma so i will never be free but
> its quite rare now but any is to much)
> but by this stage i had been taking maybe 15-20gm per yr
> (not counting injections and IV from hospital admissions)
> for 20 years i have had excessive use now and 12 months
> ago was diagnosed with AVN of the R hip level 3, been
> waiting for 8 months now for a T.H.R,
>
> I had 5 family doctors 2 specialists and 3 hospitals (time
> spent in ICU )from 12-26 yrs and never was i told about
> possible bone degeneration or cushings syndrome and have
> spent the best yrs of my life impotent and living in fear
> of ridicule as well as the physical pain caused by
> Avascular Necrosis the mental damage far outways it, i
> have no quality of life and refuse to take oxycontin for
> obvious reasons so im always in pain
> and want desperately to make the makers feel the pinch as
> well there are numbers on this page and if we started a
> class act we would get some where but its now time to start
> pls get in touch let me know what you know and where we go
> from here???