I have had coumadin (warfarin, ie. rat poison) twice for blood clots and<br />
also the injectable blood thinner that is given for clots in the lung.<br />
Neither seemed to affect the formation of the LV ulcers. The aspirin I take<br />
doesn't seem to do anything for the ulcer, but the incidence of blood clots<br />
had gone way down. I have factor V Leyden, which makes me a good candidate<br />
for clots and also for LV.<br />
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My father was on prednisone for a short time to try to reduce a lung<br />
inflamation. His personality went from that of a stoic Sweed to that of a<br />
wild Irishman. The inflamation also got worse. We finally had a lung biopsy<br />
done and he had Mycobacterium avei (bird TB). The prednisone did nothing<br />
for the infection but make it worse.<br />
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I have had prednisone creams, and eye drops for allergies. Benadryl works<br />
better on topical allergies than prednisone, and the eye drops precipitated<br />
local retinal detachment. I read all ingredients and look at chemical<br />
structures on all medicines, creams, topicals that I take. Doctors keep<br />
thinking that I must be diabetic because of the LV ulcer, and they try to<br />
apply bandages, and compresses like duoderm, xeroform, etc that may work<br />
for diabetic ulcers but only serve to aggravate an LV ulcer. Drs are well<br />
meaning but LV is rare so we get treated for problems other than LV, and<br />
the treatments often damage our ulcers to the point that they become<br />
increasingly difficult to manage.<br />
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Sheila<br />
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