Re: Class action lawsuit against Prednisone
Posted by Adrian Winslow- hansen on 11/06/17
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.
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