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Anyone having dizzy spells when I’m prednisone?

Posted by lindaadele @lindaadele, 3 days ago

I am on prednisone again for my joint pain. I am not very good with the medication’s. My rheumatologist just lowered my prednisone but I still get dizzy. Any helpful hints with dizziness and medication‘s like prednisone. Thank you for any information that you can give me.

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megz | @megz | 3 days ago

We have to drink extra water on prednisone, it's important to reduce fluid retention. Prednisone changes the way we metabolise things like salt and potassium, retaining salt that we would normally have let go of in urine, and it reduces potassium. So limit salt and increase potassium rich foods like avocado, rockmelon/canteloupe and banana. Electrolyte imbalances can cause dizziness. This is a plain language explanation:
https://wellwisp.com/can-prednisone-cause-dizziness-or-vertigo/

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lindaadele | @lindaadele | 2 days ago
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We have to drink extra water on prednisone, it's important to reduce fluid retention. Prednisone changes the way we metabolise things like salt and potassium, retaining salt that we would normally have let go of in urine, and it reduces potassium. So limit salt and increase potassium rich foods like avocado, rockmelon/canteloupe and banana. Electrolyte imbalances can cause dizziness. This is a plain language explanation:
https://wellwisp.com/can-prednisone-cause-dizziness-or-vertigo/

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lindaadele | @lindaadele | 2 days ago
In reply to @megz "We have to drink extra water on prednisone, it's important to reduce fluid retention. Prednisone changes..." + (show)
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We have to drink extra water on prednisone, it's important to reduce fluid retention. Prednisone changes the way we metabolise things like salt and potassium, retaining salt that we would normally have let go of in urine, and it reduces potassium. So limit salt and increase potassium rich foods like avocado, rockmelon/canteloupe and banana. Electrolyte imbalances can cause dizziness. This is a plain language explanation:
https://wellwisp.com/can-prednisone-cause-dizziness-or-vertigo/

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@megz thank you thank you thank you for your help!!!

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lindaadele | @lindaadele | 2 days ago
In reply to @megz "We have to drink extra water on prednisone, it's important to reduce fluid retention. Prednisone changes..." + (show)
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We have to drink extra water on prednisone, it's important to reduce fluid retention. Prednisone changes the way we metabolise things like salt and potassium, retaining salt that we would normally have let go of in urine, and it reduces potassium. So limit salt and increase potassium rich foods like avocado, rockmelon/canteloupe and banana. Electrolyte imbalances can cause dizziness. This is a plain language explanation:
https://wellwisp.com/can-prednisone-cause-dizziness-or-vertigo/

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@megz thank you so very much I always appreciate any help you can give me!!!

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