Prednizone and running

I had just the opposite effect.

How long were you on it and how long was the taper. That could make a difference.

Predizone made me irritable not sluggish. Anyways it can definitely mess with your systems. Just drink a little extra water and go to sleep earlier tonight. You'll be back in business in a day or so.

same here.

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I had just the opposite effect.

I was on it after severe poison ivy and definitely felt some weird effects... it made my stomach feel weird, I was tired but couldn't get to bed, and felt "out of it" while running, especially during workouts. Once I was done taking it, however, I was back to normal like a day later.

Isn't it a steroid...? Once I started taking it I felt like a new man! But before I started taking it I wasn't able to use my colon.

Has anyone ever had to take predinsone bc of colitis?

It is a catabolic steroid (breakdown your muscles and converts it into sugar) opposite of anabolic steroids which build up your muscles.

If you wanna look like Jared from Subway or Richard Simmons or Drew Carey or what the Survivor contestants look like at the reunion show, then take alot of Prednisone.

i have had to take it because of colitis and it has messed with me. prolonged taking can cause loss of bone density and onset of osteopenia. coupled with the effects of colitis on running and it is a challenge.

there seems to be a link with gluten and colitis...

Prednisone does not treat the cause of any illness. It temporarily supresses the symptoms.

Don't go on prednisone for over a week and beware if the doctor prescribes you high doses to treat an illness.

Also, beware that Prednisone is a drug that you have to slowly taper out of if given high doses. If you stop cold turkey, you can die.

I am not sure why doctors love to prescribe Predinsone especially for things like colitis since it only temporarily masks the symptoms and never cures the illness.

In many cases, Prednisone is the most safe, and least invasive, way to get ulcerative colitis symptoms under control. You are right, it is not a permanent solution, but often Prednisone is coupled with other maintenance drugs (Asacol, Colazal, Imuran, etc.) so when the patient stops Prednisone the other drugs can maintain remission.

Of course, it would be prudent to try drugs like Asacol or Colazal on their own before coupling them with Prednisone, to see if remission can be achieved without steroids.

i have never been on prednisone for more than 2 weeks which i speaks to the power that the drug has. the one time it didnt work in calming down the flare my doctor put me on different IV steroids in the hospital--but i had lost 25 pounds at that point.

i wasnt aware colitis could be cured aside from surgery but requires maintenance to suppress the symptoms. do you have it? what works for you?

some people who have been diagnosed with colitis do well without drugs going on gluten free diets. but that most likely isn't the case with everyone, but doesn't hurt to go gluten-free for about a month too see if symptoms resolve itself. may want to get tested for celiac disease as well.

look up gluten and colitis.

Actually, on predniSone, people tend to gain weight in massive quantities. The effects are highly variable.

I've been on prednisone for 7 years at a relatively high dose, and your body adjusts to it, but whenever I change doses (up or down) I tend to feel lethargic and a generally off for a week or so.

It isn't a cure for anything really, but it is extremely versatile in controlling immune responses including both humoral and cell-mediated immunity, and non-specific immunity (including inflammation). It's used commonly to treat people with autoimmune complex diseases (like lupus). It's a horrible, wonderful drug.

My gastro doc just put me on it for a month hoping it will help the colitis symptoms. Is there any other approach to handling this disease?

I have crohn's disease and it sucks. The only thing that ever worked for my flares was prednisone. I also took asacol for maintenance which never seemed to do anything(except drain my wallet). Good luck to everyone with crohn's, colitis or any other immune disease. The doctor's are decent at treating the symptoms, but House isn't going to swoop in and cure you. Anyone out there with these diseases take a lot of advil/ibuprofen? Just curious...

I was doing some research on medicinal marijuana and colitis. It seemed to help some people what are peoples thoughts?

"Some patients may have wide emotional mood swings while taking prednisone. Most commonly, a feeling of euphoria or feeling really well is experienced. However, some patients may feel depressed or agitated."

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"Some patients may have wide emotional mood swings while taking prednisone. Most commonly, a feeling of euphoria or feeling really well is experienced. However, some patients may feel depressed or agitated."

I took it for about ten days and i felt really happy and excited and i felt like i could run for an endless amount of time as fast as i wanted.