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Prednisone Side Effects and Withdrawal Symptoms
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Aug 16 3:11pm | Replies (66)Comment receiving replies
I can certainly empathize with your thin skin issue!!
I do have to be careful not to scrape, cut or bang my arms on things! My skin is dry and if I don’t put lotion on it I will get the itchies and I’ll scratch it and then it looks like one of our cats scratched my arm! We do have to keep our kitties claws trimmed.
I have been on prednisone off and on short term doses for over 50 years. Long term use has only been in the last 2 years when I was diagnosed with PMR. I also was taking one low dose aspirin tablet a day as a preventative to possible heart issues or blood clots. I stopped taking the aspirin cause I was just getting awful bruises on my arms. So I’m wondering if the prednisone and the aspirin together was just too much blood thinning? Do you use any low dose aspirin or any other NSAIDS?
I never had your red eye issue, though it does sound like it might be tied in with your prednisone use.
Wishing you well on this health journey and that those red eyes will go away when you finally taper off your prednisone!!
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Thanks! No, I don't take any NSAIDs because of my CKD and no blood thinners. I so hope my horrible looking arms & hands along with my red glowing demon eyes go away. lol
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Thank you so much for the well wishes and same to you. I don't take NSAIDS at all because I have CKD and I'm not on a blood thinner, so I feel that it must be the Prednisone causing such extreme bruising and tissue thin skin on my arms and hands. 50 years!!! Oh gosh, that's a long time to take Pred. I've had my PMR for about two years, too, but didn't manage to get it diagnosed until I did it myself. Went to doctor after doctor. Luckily for me I was a nurse for 42 years and know how to navigate and understand medical sites and jargon, so I finally found PMR and realized it was what I had. The doctor ran my inflammation markers and they were out the roof, plus I had the typical symptoms: locked up and couldn't even get out of bed in the mornings, couldn't raise my arms above my head, excruciating pain in my arms, shoulders, hips, flu-like symptoms, etc.
Prednisone worked for me within 3 hours of taking the first 10 mg pill. I stayed on that dosage until I got in with a rheumatologist who bumped it up to 15 for 6 weeks then back to 10. The 10 mg completely controlled my pain and other symptoms. I have a love-hate relationship with Prednisone. haha Best wishes to you, too!