Posted by Genevieve on 12/01/10

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I was prescribed Prednisone for intercostal (rib) muscle
pain that was so bad I couldn't sleep on that side. I was
given an injection and a three-day supply which almost
immediately got rid of the pain but the pain came back
within a few days so I went to a clinic and the doctor there
gave me a 40 day supply which is when the trouble began and
it's still going on. I couldn't stop eating, I had almost
constant cramps in my feet and calves, I gained a lot of
weight and got the swelled face and truncal bloating. When I
tapered off of it with my husband's help, I began to have
hallucinations and other scary side effects. Within two
weeks of taking the last pill, the facial swelling went away
but I am still bloated in my abdomen, have stomach pain,
blurry vision and weight gain that showed up in places I
never had it, ever, like giving me a double chin. Neither
doctor gave me any warning, diet or exercise suggestions,
nothing at all. When my feet and hands began to turn red,
white and then purple... and when i couldn't walk because of
foot pain the depression really kicked in. No competent
doctor would prescribe Prednisone for such a comparative
minor problem as a torn muscle, and no competent doctor
would give out so many pills, and no competent doctor would
give no warnings, pros and cons, or any other kind of help.
I feel hatred toward the second doctor in particular who put
me on a 40 day supply without even suggesting a safer
alternative. I have fibromyalgia and Raynaud's; also I am
Bipolar, so to repeat: no competent doctor would have
poisoned me and left me in the dark and suffering as the
second doctor did--or even the first because if he had
warned me or just filled me in on side effects and
medications or diseases not to mix, I never would have
accepted the second doctor's prescription.

Prednisone, 12/01/10, by Genevieve.

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