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Prednisone Side Effects

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15 years 7 months ago #1256 by Angel85
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I just want to know if anyone has ever had low potassium when they have had prednisone for a long period of time? My GP called me today and said along with my platelet count of 9, my potassium levels were really low and she wasn't sure if it was the pred that could have caused it, so i just want to know if anyone has had low potassium when they have had pred.
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15 years 7 months ago #1257 by alisonp
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Hiya

Suggest you google it - there is loads of stuff about long term steroids causing low potassium and the effects of that

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Prednisone can cause a low potassium and this is a common side effect of chronic administration of the drug. Physicians prescribing it look for electrolyte imbalance and hypokalemia (as low potassium is called). Sodium retention with resultant edema, potassium loss, and high blood pressure may occur in patients receiving glucocorticoids (steroids). Taking a 10 mg dose of prednisone for a few months is considered a prolonged dose.

I think I remember seeing that you are coming off them though, so hopefully it should resolve itself - eat loads of banana or something!!!

Good luck, Ali
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15 years 7 months ago #1258 by Angel85
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Thanks, The doctor has given me Slow-K today to take for a week, and then i'll have my normal blood test on friday next week and we'll see if that has made a difference, i already eat quite a lot of bananas and strawberries, i have read they are high in potassium as well.
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15 years 7 months ago #1264 by eklein
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Yes, I had low potassium, probably because of the pred, and I take prescription potassium. When it gets too low, my energy is also very low. I couldn't get the level up just with foods. Erica
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15 years 7 months ago #1272 by FranL
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Watch your calcium levels too. With steroid treatment you'll need extra calcium.
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15 years 7 months ago #1292 by Sandi
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Yep. I have chronically low Potassium. I've been on Prednisone for five years, 5 to 20 mg's and my Potassium is always low.

Erica - do you get weak and shaky and lose bladder control when you cough/laugh? That's always how I know. It happens quite often.
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15 years 6 months ago #1758 by server
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^^^is that why that happens? Low potassium? Oh that's interesting! Thanks for sharing that!


edit: I also had a question for you all about your mouths and the taste of food. My mouth, for a lack of words, feels thick! Like there's this coating all over and it's nasty! And no foods taste the same to me at all! Especially dairy products. It's driving my crazy! I'm also taking Folic Acid, Iron and Prilosec. I'm hoping it's just the prednisone causing it because I am tapering off that! Can't wait to "taste" food again!
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15 years 6 months ago #1761 by lili
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I get that on prednisone, especially at higher doses. Nothing tastes good. It's better as you drop the dose.

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15 years 6 months ago #1776 by Sandi
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Ha - I used to eat jars of hot salsa every night just to be able to taste. It does dull your taste buds.

Do you have a white coating on your tongue? If so, that is thrush and should be treated.
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15 years 6 months ago #1781 by Angel85
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I can't remember not being able to taste anything, i was on 40mgs. I have started taking multi-vitamin tablets too and they seem to be working really quick, I had my first tablet yesterday and i didn't feel like yawning or nodding off at work at all yesterday.
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15 years 6 months ago #1791 by server
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No, no thrush. Thankfully! I was taking 100 mg's a day of prednisone for a month! I'm tapering off. 3 days of 80mg then 3 of 60mg till it's done. Can not wait!
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15 years 5 months ago #3551 by eklein
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Sandi,
Sometimes I miss a day or two with the potassium, do you know if you feel an effect from just missing a dose or two, or is it a cumulative drug like plaquenil? I mean, do the K levels drop pretty quickly? I forgot to take it today and yesterday too I think, would I feel it today?
Erica
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Diagnosed May 2005, lowest count 8K.
4/22/08: 43K (2nd Rituxan)
10/01/09: 246K, 1/8/10: 111K, 5/21/10: 233K
Latest count: 7/27/2015: 194K
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15 years 5 months ago #3553 by Sandi
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Erica:

No, I wouldn't think one or two days would make much difference. If that were true, my potassium levels would bottom out all the time. I only take the OTC's a few times a week, and that keeps it just at low norm. I'd love to see what would happen on daily scripts for me, because even when I took mega dose three times a day for 2 weeks, I never got above 3.7.

I think you'd be fine missing a day or two. What do your levels usually run?
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