Have been taking increasing doses of prednisone 10 to 20 mg/day for control of back joint pain. I have found that on the occasions when I have needed a medrol pack my pain is gone for several days. It is my understanding that prednisone is converted to the usable Methylprednisilone by the liver. Is it possible that my liver is not converting, or at least not well, that transformation to methylprednisilone. I am considering trying the converted potency dose to methylpred to see if that works better and maybe be able to reduce (over time) the overall dose.
Prednisone vs mythylprednisilone?
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- 27 Jan 2012 by rprince11
- Topics:
- medrol, osteoarthritis, pain, prednisone
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lmariani5528 Jan 2012
Dear prince,
Prednisone is a very powerful drug, it is actually very scary to me. I have a Master's in Nursing and I have seen what long term use of prednisone does to one's adrenal glands. Have you had your adrenal function checked lately. Also, have you tried opiates for the control? I find them really helpful and only get prednisone shot into my epidural space every 6 months.
Talk to the doc regarding tapering prednisone now, hopefully before you require it to live (like JFK). Opiates used with the help of a pain management doc will do wonders for your pain, although Oxycontin doesn't work for me since 'whoever' changed te formulary. I titrate oxycodone to my pain level as it only lasts 4 hours (usually 15 in the am and 7.5 thru the day... I break the 15s and take as needed, not more than 60 mg every 24 hours.
Good luck in your life adventures,
The Sweetest Hippie/Flower Child ;-)
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Sorry dear for leaving the last i off of your name! Mary
Hey Marvelous Mary - Not trying to be a buttinski but it is actually Lmariani only with a small L. I think everyone thinks it is Imariani vs lmariani as I've seen many refer to our sweet hippie chick the same way. The only reason I even mention it is I'm often replied to as TIC (tic) instead of TLC (tlc). It cracks me up every time being called a tic. You have to admit it looks the same mostly when I'm looking at this tiny screen on my 'smart' phone and my eye sight is not what it used to be. *smile* My initials are TLC so I signed up as tlc&more but there was a problem with the ampersand so the tech people changed it to tlcandmore.
Anyway sweetie I hope you don't mind me posting about this here. I know a lot of people read your responses and thought I could kill 2 birds with 1 stone. Hope you are having a great weekend!!
Love ya girl. Big huge hugs.
Your friend -Terri- (aka tic)
Thanks Terri for putting me straight! I appreciate it! Mary