Dexamethasone for Immune Thrombocytopenia User Reviews
Brand names: Dexamethasone Intensol, TaperDex, ZoDex, Zcort, De-Sone LA Dexabliss Hemady HiDex Dxevo
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- Taken for less than 1 month
- April 27, 2017
"My platelet count went down to 15k; the doctor prescribed this med. Took 10, 4 mg pills in the morning for 4 days, then stopped. CBC platelet count went up to 90k. However, for the 5 days that followed, I was in utter pain. Extreme abdominal pain, voice was hoarse, felt like my throat was on fire, headache and sensitivity to light, and the worst was the abdominal bloat. I couldn't move with it being laborious and having shortness of breath. Not a pill I would ever take again. A week later, CBC platelets were back down to 15k. I can live with that."
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"I took 10 mg for 4 days, which is recommended to anyone with ITP. I had side effects for almost a whole week. I had a bloody nose off and on the whole time, my vision changed, couldn't drive, and made me sleep a lot. A day after being off of it, I had pain from my jaw all the way down to my butt. I couldn't move without feeling like I was going to break. The worst part of it all was when I told my doctor, and they said it was not from the medication, when it was. I didn't take any other prescription or non-prescription drugs. It only made my platelets double in numbers and then drop very fast."