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Originally Posted by bluesfan
Hi SkimbleShanks
You don't mention what type of steroid was given, what the side effects were or what it was intended for. Side effects can depend on individual reaction and tolerance - everybody's different. Last Oct. I had 3x 100mg hydrocortisone IV daily for 3 days during an adrenal crisis. The only side effect I noticed were a tendency for a bit of a 'high' ie: feeling great, soon after each infusion during the tapering process (this was post appendix surgery). I've also noticed a general feeling of slightly more energy and less pain for a couple of months after (a bit like when you get a steroid shot in a joint to relive pain) As I have primary Addison's disease (adrenal insufficiency) I'm on a daily maintenance dose of 25 mg hydrocortisone (oral) and generally feel low energy/fatigued most days so the boost is noticeable to me. There can be other adverse reactions to steroids and also long-term effects with prolonged use. Your physician should have informed you of these prior to administering the meds. If you weren't given any info you could try looking it up on a medication data website. Hope this helps.
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I had iv infusion of 1000 mil of steroid for what drs at hospital suspected to be ms. The ms panels came back neg though. I have been waiting for almost 2 weeks to see a neurologist and have been having bad headaches since the infusion. I did search side effects methylPREDNISolone. Other symptoms I have had since are numbness in right leg, cramps in right arm near shoulder. Sinuses tend to be either full or throbbing, back neck pain.
These were results of mri, mri with contrast. increased T2/FLAIR signal involving the left optic nerve . scattered foci of T2 and FLAIR hyperintensities involving the peri- ventricular and subcortical white matter. As well as empty sella of the brain.
I contacted a patient adviser nurse and she mentioned the effects of the steroid can last for 12 months?? I always assumed medication would be out of the system by 12 hours or so.
My family Dr retired and I am in the process of waiting on info from another Dr to fill the spot.
Since the hospital stay I have been kind of stuck in limbo just waiting on info . I have done search and seems there are many things that can cause these issues. Just the symptoms I listed never started until after the infusion. So im not sure if advisery nurse meant something other than 12 months.
Right now I am just scared while in limbo waiting for any info from neurologist or dr. Its alot to deal with , with no medical info other than what I have been able to search online using google or a patient advisory nurse from hospital. I don't know if what i am feeling is normal or abnormal.