Re: Class action lawsuit against Prednisone

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On 5/17/11, debbie okane wrote:
> On 3/02/11, Jose Fronda wrote:
>> my brother was prescribed prednisone from June 2003 thru
>> Nov 2006 for infections like bronchitis, pneumonia, COPD,
>> asthma. He'd developed various harmful effects : fluid
>> retention, increased blood sugar leading to diabetes
>> (family have no diabetes history), increased succeptibility
>> to infections, easy bruising, thinning of skin, imcreased
>> blood pressure, ulcers and bleeding, glaucoma and cataract,
>> osteoporosis, insomnia and depressed, psychogenic, adrenal
>> suppression, blood chemistry problems.
>
> On 5/17/11
> I was put on prednisone for back pain developed
hyperglycaemia, critical blood
> sugars in ER
> Now off work vision decreased, visual disturbances, extreme
fatigue
> Been told prednisone could have caused me to be diabetic, have
had lots of
> tests, more medical visits with specialists
> Bloodwork is all normal, can't find any cause for diabetes,
42, 120lbs, healthy,
> no hx diabetes
> I'm furious, took a drug and now have severe medical problem
> Prednisone states possible diabetes with long term use
+6weeks, has anyone
> else experienced this and if so what can be done.
I was given iv steoids for weeks and asked many times if the
insulin I was being given would make me diabbetic and was told
no, weeks later I have been told I have type 2. I use to be
healthy and active now so sick I cant work.