My nipples are so sore I can't stand anything to touch them after taking prednisone 80 mg/day for a week.
Extremely sore nipples after coming off Prednisone 80 mg/day. Anybody else ever had this?
Question posted by hoovergirl on 15 Oct 2013
Last updated on 23 June 2023 by Mrsgb
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Mrsgb
24 June 2023
Yes mine are sore as well 40mg every day for 30 days. My dr gave me a shot of depo then called in more prednisone so tapering off is what they are supposed to do. Now I have 40mg for 7 days then 30mg for 7 days 20mg and 10mg for all 7 days…. I do also have a question to anyone else experiencing bloating in hole stomach and pain in liver/guallbaldder???
endlessPred
17 Oct 2013
Call you doctor right away. Without a taper you may have serious symptoms including seizures.
hoovergirl
17 Oct 2013
I called and they acted like it was no big deal stopping it suddenly. I'm wondering if maybe they just don't want to admit an error.
endlessPred
17 Oct 2013
How are you feeling. I suggest you talk with another doctor. If you start having problems see someone right away.
So sorry they aren't receptive. It isn't the admitting of a mistake. It is the knowledge of the provider. Please find someone else next time you need a doctor. Their response is quite unacceptable.
hoovergirl
17 Oct 2013
My breasts are still very sore. I called my ob/gyn also and asked them what they thought about it and they said they had never heard of anybody having trouble like that with prednisone. I don't know understand why nobody sees the danger in this drug after all I have been reading online about it.
kaismama
15 Oct 2013
Did you taper the dose down to stop it? The way you've written it it sounds like you took the full 80 for a week. This disturbs me because you can't just stop prednisone like that.
hoovergirl
15 Oct 2013
No there were no directions from the doctor to taper the dosage. It simply said take 2 20mg tablets twice a day for 7 days.
kaismama
17 Oct 2013
What was your dr thinking? This is very harmful to you, karen is correct.
hoovergirl
17 Oct 2013
I have no idea what he was thinking. It was an ENT dr that prescribed this for sinus infection. I had never taken prednisone before so I had no idea about tapering... guess that's what I get for trusting the doctor knows what he's doing. So do any of you think this could be what has my breasts (nipples mostly) to be beyond sore?
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