DESONIDE vs METHYLPREDNISOLONE

Hello. My name is Madi, I am 15 years old. I’ve had moderate health issues my whole life. When I was 8 years old, I had a tumor that had wrapped around my appendix, and resulted in the removal of the appendix, one of my ovaries and a 6x6in tumor. They hit a nerve in my foot during this surgery, i lo

I am a male, age 28, 6'1" and 177 pounds. Parents are Trinidadian but I was born in the US. I live in Raleigh, NC and have been having trouble with this rash for about a year. I have no other medical conditions. So the story goes, I was mowing my lawn last year, and it was a bit dry so the grass

10 month old female with eczema on face and body no other medical issues or allergies. Desonide 0.05% for face Triamcinilone acetonide 0.025% for body Basically she uses these two medications as needed. The doctor said not to use for more than 14 days straight, and I had not ever had to use either i

Hello, I am reaching out in hopes of being able to find some relief/direction for a reaction I may be having. Age:27 Sex: F Height: about 5'6 Weight: about 140lbs Race: Caucasian Duration: several days during the past week Location: Multiple areas (ankle, wrist, forearm, elbow, face, thigh) --- Long

https://www.flickr.com/photos/128949478@N07/48450774406/in/dateposted-public/ Age: 32 Sex: female Height: 5 feet 7 inches Weight: 260 lbs Race: Black  Duration of complaint: 3 years Location on body: literally from head to toe  Diagnosed medical issues: Type II Diabetes  Current medication and dose

Age 30 Sex female Height 4’9” Weight 120 Race white Duration of complaint 2 months* (*correction made I’m awful at calculating duration of time) Location Skin Around Eyes Any existing relevant medical issues: seasonal allergies Current medications desonide 0.05 cream prednisone 20 mg tablets L

17F. Doctor diagnosed this as eczema. I occasionally smoke weed but haven't since this started. I currently use Desonide lotion because this rash caused a bacterial staph infection. I'm also currently on a medium grade birth control pill that i started after this. Pictures in comments Edit: forgot t

Greetings! Using a throwaway in case this thread turns out to be more popular than I plan. ** TL;DR - My groin and sack itch like a motherfucker. Nobody seems to know why.** I don't scratch until I bleed, but it never fucking stops. I have a persistent itch on my scrotum, up to the base of my pen

This past week has been an absolute shit show of calling docs to switch to prednisone 5mg. The only Medrol 4mg that's available on Cardinal is a #100 bottle for $120 fucking dollars, yup $1.20 for a single methylprednisolone 4mg tablet... you have got me all the way fucked up. Most offices never res

I was reading the other thread about the Lamictal lawsuit and was wondering why it isn't sold as a blister dose pack with detailed instructions to prevent titration errors. I haven't worked retail in a long time and was surprised to find that lamotrigine starter kits are commercially available (htt

Today I had a provider order 1000mg Solu-medrol infusion followed by 100mg of Hydrocortisone infusion. He said the hydrocortisone was to combat the adrenal insufficiency seen from the methylprednisolone Does anyone have any input on this or know of some publications relating to this use? Fresh out

Patient getting high dose IV methylprednisolone (15mg/kg) for nephrotic syndrome. They lost IV access and dr changed to PO. I have always maxed PO methylpred/prednisone at 80mg/day, but now I am questioning everything. Are the GI side effects really worse for oral?

The New England Compounding Center got into a lot of trouble selling methylprednisolone epidural injections that were produced under poor conditions. The injections caused many systemic infections that killed 48 people. [Link] (http://www.newsweek.com/2015/04/24/inside-one-most-murderous-corporate-