Prednisone for Immunosuppression User Reviews
Brand names: Rayos
Prednisone has an average rating of 7.1 out of 10 from a total of 7 reviews for the treatment of Immunosuppression. 57% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 14% reported a negative experience.
- Anonymous
- June 3, 2011
"I am grateful for my transplant, however, the side effects of this medicine have been crazy. I was on it for 8 years with my first transplant. I put on 50 lbs in 6 months. Broke out all over my chest and back. My hair grew thick and dark everywhere. Now, with my second transplant, I put on 65 lbs, no breakout, and have been experiencing hair loss. The entire time I’ve been on it, I have had major mood changes and agitation."
- ina...
- September 28, 2018
"60 mg for 10 days for Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL). Fully effective. Within 8 hours of first dose, hearing distortion/loss and "something in my ear" feeling gone. Side effects: - First day only, elevated heart rate (103 bpm vs 60 bpm) and eyes felt scratchy. - Insomnia: 2 - 6 hours of sleep per night. Melatonin helped. - Brain Fog: Walked around in a daze most of the time. - Face Numbness. - Eye Issues: Eyes swollen and tight. Vision like looking through pin-holes. - Abdominal Swelling: Bloated feeling (no gas). - Lower Leg Swelling/Tightness: Had to keep socks off because they hurt my feet. Positive note, skin issues cleared up. If you have sudden hearing loss, noise, and a feeling that something's in your ear, go to the emergency room. If you have SSNHL, you only have a few days to start treatment. Otherwise, the hearing issues could be permanent."
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- Anonymous
- Taken for 10 years or more
- December 19, 2022
"I took this for a transplant and for me, it didn’t work. I have been on very high and very low doses. The side effects were horrible, in my personal experience. Horrible depression at times, acne, weight gain, dry skin, and consistently feeling sick and itchy."
- mdt...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- January 11, 2019
"Prednisone has saved my life many times because of autoimmune problems. Going through my 4th flare now."
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- May 11, 2011
"Very little side effects. Taking very high dosage."
- Ccm...
- Taken for 10 years or more
- March 30, 2022
"With autoimmune hepatitis, prednisone has saved my life several times. Whenever my liver counts flairs I am put on high dose Prednisone and my counts go to normal."
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"I have been taking prednisone for ten years. I have lupus and will have to most likely stay on it the rest of my life. When I first started taking it, I was 9. The side effects were harsh: loss of hair, hair growing more (thicker and faster) on arms and legs, significant weight gain, very puffy in the face, increase in appetite, and water retention (edema) all on 60 mg every day. With that being said, I felt a whole lot better, and it kept my lupus in remission for about 3 years, so I was able to go down as low as 5 mg EOD. For me personally, after I have been using it so long, I only see any side effects if I go above 20 EOD, and it's the puffy face. Prednisone is a very good immunosuppression drug, but it did take my body some getting used to."