Posted by Belinda Langley on 2/13/14

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Just diagnosed yesterday with AVN in right hip after 4 days
of inability to bear weight on my leg. I'm certain the
other large joints will also need to be imaged to rule out
AVN. My previous rheumatologist was a JERK. He instructed
me to continue increasing my prednisone until I achieved
pain relief. He didn't want to prescribe analgesics to me.
I was being treated for rheumatoid arthritis and trying to
continue working as a nurse. This doctor never took any
xrays other than hands and feet and EVERY TIME negated my
complaints of pain and disability. I am a very astute
critical care nurse and even I was not aware of the risk of
AVN with prednisone. Prednisone has been viewed as a wonder
drug, appropriate for many afflictions. In my opinion the
rheumatologist was negligent for not having monitored the
dosages, for leaving it to the patient's subjective
information (pain) be the factor that decided dosage of
this extremely dangerous hormone that has ruined my life.
My current physician has attempted to wean me down to low
dose steroids and has been successful in getting me down to
a quarter of the dose that I was on (80 mg for over a
year). The only question I was asked about my high dose
steroids was "how does your stomach feel?" It was not
important to know if I wanted to kill anyone or if my bones
were crumbling. Something needs to be done.

avascular necrosis after prednisone, 2/13/14, by Belinda Langley.

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