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Anonymous Coward User ID: 27125285 Spain 11/12/2012 04:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | your son is now burning in hell for taking his own life. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 53476 it is a biblical fact. does not matter the cause. No sorry all the bibletards sold their souls to the devil. You are going to burn in hell for worshiping a false god! He is in a better place! Verily! ^^^ If those could really have some reading comprehension to read the Bible, they would not spit out that shit. It is a Catholic=Satanic doctrine. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1235825 United States 11/12/2012 07:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm very sorry for the loss of your son, OP. God bless you and your family. What did the doctor say? It sounds like this a common problem/side effect with this steroid. Did the doctor mention any risk with this treatment before prescribing the steroid? |
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TKC User ID: 27488535 United States 11/12/2012 08:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I was prescribed this last winter, I read the insert and the problems associated with it and chose not to take the meds. I had previously had a cortisone shot in my neck for a bad disc about 20 yrs ago and had a very bad reaction so was a bit careful about taking any prednisone type med and the prednisone/cortisone as I understand it all are in the same family of drugs. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1302314 Australia 11/12/2012 08:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I was prescribed this last winter, I read the insert and the problems associated with it and chose not to take the meds. I had previously had a cortisone shot in my neck for a bad disc about 20 yrs ago and had a very bad reaction so was a bit careful about taking any prednisone type med and the prednisone/cortisone as I understand it all are in the same family of drugs. Quoting: TKC a 2 second Wikipedia search reveals the following (incomplete) list of major side effects Increased blood sugar for diabetics Difficulty controlling emotion Difficulty in maintaining train of thought Weight gain Facial swelling Depression, mania, psychosis, or other psychiatric symptoms Unusual fatigue or weakness Mental confusion / indecisiveness Blurred vision Abdominal pain Peptic ulcer Infections Painful hips or shoulders Steroid-induced osteoporosis Stretch marks Osteonecrosis Long-term migraines Insomnia Severe joint pain Cataracts or glaucoma Anxiety Black stool Stomach pain or bloating Severe swelling Mouth sores or dry mouth Avascular necrosis Hepatic steatosis Yet you guys are trying to tell me that a 2 second Wikipedia search was out of your reach? I have a suspicion that the drug and pharmaceutical culture in the USA, where pharmaceutical drug addiction is promoted as cool had something to do with this..people just don't realize that there is nothing glamorous about pharmaceutical drugs |
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Can't Think Now User ID: 1506634 United States 11/12/2012 08:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It happens a lot more than one could imagine. Not only this drug, but any drug that causes habituation.. especially benzodiazepines. And being such a well studied effect how can someone advise or prescribe any treatment and not follow the process to make sure the withdrawal is done correctly?? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22459462 Not much one can say besides sending my strengths and friendship. yep those are really bad, my getting off of Klonopin was not pretty. I was put on it for restless legs. I did not have an "addiction" to it, meaning I wanted more and more. I took the same dose at bedtime every night for a couples years or more until we found out my restless legs were serious magnesium deficiency. If I forget my magnesium during the day, I will have restless legs during the night. MOST of restless legs is magnesium deficiency, but sometimes Potassium or calcium for some people. You are exactly right about the RLS being a magnesium deficiency. I too was on the Klonopin-2 mg and I had a prescription for Ambien. I took myself off of both. |
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MuzzleBreak User ID: 24432368 United States 11/12/2012 08:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is used IV when patients who have been on long term steroids arrive in the ER with fever, weakness, or hypotension. Steroids should never be used for minor illness, nor when patients have any psychological history, ulcers, TB, diabetes, or concurrent infection Last Edited by MuzzleBreak on 11/12/2012 08:41 PM In his book, "Between Two Ages," Brzezinski wrote: "The technetronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values." MuzzleBreak |
MONSTER User ID: 2122560 United States 11/12/2012 08:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | your son is now burning in hell for taking his own life. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 53476 it is a biblical fact. does not matter the cause. No one wants to live in a world with assholes like you, you dont know shit. KINGDOMS, NATIONS AND KINGS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT DOWN TO THEIR KNEES WITH ONE GLANCE FROM A WOMAN. I WEAR MY SKIN OF ARMOR SO NO ONE CAN GET IN AND NO ONE CAN GET OUT. HOW CAN I MOURN YOU, WHEN I HAVE NEVER LET YOU GO, monster 1991-2008 RIP |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1432578 United States 11/12/2012 08:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Corticosteroid withdrawal.... Quoting: Please Pin uP ! :( 22818197 Use of high-dose steroids "for more than a week" begins to produce suppression of the patient's adrenal glands because the exogenous glucocorticoids suppress hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and pituitary adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). With prolonged suppression, the adrenal glands atrophy (physically shrink), and can take months to recover full function after discontinuation of the exogenous glucocorticoid. During this recovery time, the patient is vulnerable to adrenal insufficiency during times of stress,such as illness. The most serious side effect occurs after the adrenal glands cease natural production of cortisol, which methylprednisolone will replace. Abrupt cessation of the drug after this occurs can result in a condition known as Addisonian crisis, which can be fatal. Having natural Cortisol depleted on a cold turkey dose quit the person under the drug withdrawal can commit suicide under the psycological stress the withdrawal produces .. My son Emmanuel on 11/1/2012 commited suicide .. Emmanuel dose was not steped down, his dose was cut cold turkey causing a drop in natural cortisol that aparently led to a crisis he tried to scape by suicide. The intent of this post is to warn others about the harmfull effects this drug produces and to investigate if similar cases has happened to others .. Emmanuel Was 20 years at his death ... A young man with great promise hopes & dreams truncated by a drug he was not able to handle and us his parents had no information on its withdrawal effects . Pining will be greatly aprecciated so others get informed. Thanks me his father ... This is why I research any medication my dog or I is prescribed, I suggest you do the same in the future, I am weening my dog off of Prednisone right now because his body is producing too much steroid of it's own! |
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TKC User ID: 27488535 United States 11/12/2012 08:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I was prescribed this last winter, I read the insert and the problems associated with it and chose not to take the meds. I had previously had a cortisone shot in my neck for a bad disc about 20 yrs ago and had a very bad reaction so was a bit careful about taking any prednisone type med and the prednisone/cortisone as I understand it all are in the same family of drugs. Quoting: TKC a 2 second Wikipedia search reveals the following (incomplete) list of major side effects Increased blood sugar for diabetics Difficulty controlling emotion Difficulty in maintaining train of thought Weight gain Facial swelling Depression, mania, psychosis, or other psychiatric symptoms Unusual fatigue or weakness Mental confusion / indecisiveness Blurred vision Abdominal pain Peptic ulcer Infections Painful hips or shoulders Steroid-induced osteoporosis Stretch marks Osteonecrosis Long-term migraines Insomnia Severe joint pain Cataracts or glaucoma Anxiety Black stool Stomach pain or bloating Severe swelling Mouth sores or dry mouth Avascular necrosis Hepatic steatosis Yet you guys are trying to tell me that a 2 second Wikipedia search was out of your reach? I have a suspicion that the drug and pharmaceutical culture in the USA, where pharmaceutical drug addiction is promoted as cool had something to do with this..people just don't realize that there is nothing glamorous about pharmaceutical drugs Wow, thanks that is a long list. I did research for myself, but I do believe that people especially the younger crowd and those with small children just automatically trust their Dr and what ever the Dr prescribes. unfortunately, and they dont ask enough questions. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1432578 United States 11/12/2012 09:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It happens a lot more than one could imagine. Not only this drug, but any drug that causes habituation.. especially benzodiazepines. And being such a well studied effect how can someone advise or prescribe any treatment and not follow the process to make sure the withdrawal is done correctly?? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22459462 Not much one can say besides sending my strengths and friendship. yep those are really bad, my getting off of Klonopin was not pretty. I was put on it for restless legs. I did not have an "addiction" to it, meaning I wanted more and more. I took the same dose at bedtime every night for a couples years or more until we found out my restless legs were serious magnesium deficiency. If I forget my magnesium during the day, I will have restless legs during the night. MOST of restless legs is magnesium deficiency, but sometimes Potassium or calcium for some people. You are exactly right about the RLS being a magnesium deficiency. I too was on the Klonopin-2 mg and I had a prescription for Ambien. I took myself off of both. Ya, I started getting RLS symptoms and stopped taking it! |
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Possum User ID: 21656317 Australia 11/12/2012 09:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | For the pain try D-Ribose powder taken in conjunction with Acetyl L-carnitine - this is an amazing combo that is helping sufferers of fibromyalgia. There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness. Dalai Lama Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either. Albert Einstein The kingdom of God is within you and all around you. It is not within buildings of wood or stone. Split a piece of wood and you will find me. Look beneath a stone and I am there. Stigmata |