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Has anyone on low-dose prednisone had pancreatitis?

Posted by vandyms1974 @vandyms1974, Aug 29, 2022

Has anyone on low-dose prednisone had pancreatitis? 2.5 or 5mgs per day for months?

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jfannarbor | @jfannarbor | Aug 31, 2022
In reply to @vandyms1974 "This info is very encouraging. I want to stay on low-dose as the pain is persistent..." + (show)
@vandyms1974

This info is very encouraging. I want to stay on low-dose as the pain is persistent & try to live with it as much as possible due to side effects. I don't want to damage my pancreas nor gain a lot of weight.

A second question! Have any of you had Covid and did it cause a great flair in your symptoms? I am still wearing a mask and distancing when I go out.

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By coincidence I came down with Covid in the last week of January, 2022. On Tuesday of that week I had an emergency root canal. The endodontist put me on 4 mg of dexamethasone on Tuesday and 2 mg of dexamethasone on Wednesday for pain. I felt great on Thursday and had such bad sore throat and congestion on Friday that I had a Covid test. It was negative but on Monday I got another Covid test and it was positive. Both were PCR tests. I did not notice any increase in PMR, maybe due to dexamethasone.

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jfannarbor | @jfannarbor | Sep 1, 2022

I have been on 2.5 mg prednisone for about 10 years without any pancreatitis.

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