Ok, Methylprednisolone tastes fucking awful!

[nytemare]

Holy crap. Puuhhhh :puke:

I screwied my knee up again, and the doc prescribed me this pack of 6 days of ickiness.

Damn. Most pills now don't have a taste once you rinse 'em down.

This is some god awful tasting shit.

[Bullwinkle925]

1. A new prednisone med?

[nytemare]

2. It comes in a foil bubble pack

I am supposed to take 6 today, 5 then next, then 4 and so on.

I am not sure if it is new, first I have taken it.

[Bullwinkle925]

3. If it is prednisone - beware of the 'Full-Moon' face.

Good luck.

[sendero]

5. This "dosepak"..

... version isn't likely to give anyone moon face. It starts with a pretty high dose and trails off to nothing in 6 days.

When I get poison ivy, this stuff is the only thing that will stop the chain-reaction inflammation. Sure, it sucks, but it is very, very effective at dealing with inflammation problems.

[nytemare]

7. Full moon face?

Maybe I should google this. Will I look like a pie head?

[sendero]

16. People taking large...

...doses of these kinds of corticosteroids often retain lots of water and hence get a case of "moon face".

That little dose you are taking isn't likely to be a problem. :)

[nytemare]

19. Cool. I am pale enough now as it is!

:hi:

[pitohui]

26. the poster will be ok, it's just 6 days

the relief can be very real

[sasquatch]

4. It will give you some wicked bad farts

So bad that playing Dutch Oven will probably get you charged with attempted murder.
:evilgrin:

[nytemare]

6. Oh shit!

Damned!

[Sugar Smack]

8. Have you ever had Barium?

I will never forget how gross that was. They had mixed it with ginger ale at the hospital, and the very memory of it makes me queasy. You have to drink SO MUCH of it.

[nytemare]

9. Ick. No.

Thankfully!

[yellowdogintexas]

10. you will have the appetite of 7 people before you are done

just so you are prepared with healthy food in the house.

a 7 day run isn't going to give you moon face, I have done this twice and I didn't look any different, neither did my daughter

[nytemare]

13. Yes, I have some veggies, soup, chicken, fish and a foreman grill!

LOL.

Moon face just sounds funny.

[Applan]

11. What's it for?

This methylwhateveritscalled stuff

[nytemare]

14. In my case, knee swelling

I suppose it is used for a lot of different things.

All I know is, it has an awful taste.

[edbermac]

12. Put some ketchup on it.

:silly:

[nytemare]

15. Yuk. Then it would taste like bitter ketchup!

:puke:

[KitchenWitch]

17. Think about that flavor mixed with cherry syrup

and trying to get your pre-schooler to take that shit...welcome to my world.

[nytemare]

23. Oh, I do not envy you, or the child!

Ewww!

[OhioChick]

18. Ick...........

Nothing makes my kid gag...........except for that. He takes it on occasion for asthma. He says that nothing takes that awful taste away. :puke:

[KitchenWitch]

21. My daughter takes it for asthma as well

It is pure liquid evil.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

20. It can make your skin incredibly thin also. Careful of injuries.

[NMMNG]

22. Prednisone does taste horrid

I've been taking it the past few days to end an episode of Status Migrainous. I made the mistake of popping a pill into my mouth and putting the bottle away before washing the pill down with water. Some of it had dissolved on my tongue by the time I washed it down x( . I won't be making that mistake again.

[nytemare]

24. You get migraines too?

So, you have a migraine that won't go away? That sucks. They are bad enough just getting them for a day or two. I hope the medicine helps.

Bad as it tastes, my knee feels much better, and the swelling has gone down a great deal. I was feeling sort of weird today, though. At least, weirder than usual.

:hi:

[NMMNG]

27. I've had them for over 20 years

This is my first time using the Prednisone but it works like a charm. I'd had the migraine steady for nearly four days, then I took the first dose and in less than an hour the pain was gone. I've not had any ill effects and I'm into the taper down already. :thumbsup:

[nytemare]

30. I am with you there!

I started them when I was six. A couple of years ago, I went through a really bad spell with them, where I was getting about 5 a month, and that "scotoma" in my vision didn't want to go away for a while. The neurologist prescribed me Verapamil to prevent them, and that has done pretty well. I think I have had maybe 5 this year now.

Glad the medicine wiped yours out! You must be relieved.

:hi:

[Delarage]

25. I take it as fast as possible.........

and it still leaves a FOUL tase. I can't imagine delaying it at all! That being said, I'd kill for the stuff if I had to the next time I get poison ivy. It's the only thing that saved me from itching-blistering-oozing-induced insanity.

[NMMNG]

28. I got smart after that icky experience

I took a mouthful of coffee, then put the pill in my mouth and swallowed fast. No more yuck!

[delen]

29. Don't worry about moon face

if your only on the stuff for 6 days. But beware this stuff has all the effects of speed 'sept one,which I didn't realize until I was eating the 5th chocolate cupcake in a row.

[nytemare]

32. I had a time yesterday where I was suprized I didn't eat my hand.

It hasn't been a constant thing, but I was pretty hungry...lol.

Oh, and I say welcome to DU to anyone under 100, so Welcome to DU!!!

:hi:

[bertha katzenengel]

31. Mrs. V. would feel ya. She just ran through a course of that - and it help

helped!! Good luck getting through it. I hope it helps you.

[nytemare]

34. I don't feel bad from them, really

A dull headache, and the only way I can put it is that I feel like lazily bouncing off the walls. LOL. I am a calm hyper.

They surely taste icky.

The knee feels much better, though. Much more flexible.

[Rising Phoenix]

33. prednisone makes me manic...I can't take it, that stuff sucks

[nytemare]

35. I have heard of some weird side effects of this.

I think the moon face is the weirdest.

When I was typing yesterday at work, it was like my fingers were moving faster than my brain.

Sorry it made you manic. :(