Dry, hacking cough!
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Does anyone else suffer from a dry, hacking cough because of taking Pred? For months I have had one, and I have changed my blood pressure tablets three times, thinking it came from them (I had trouble getting the right tablets when I started taking blood pressure tablets 33 years ago!). This morning I read this cough can be a side effect of prednisolone. Lovely, I'm stuck with it for the foreseeable future!!!
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EileenH constance.de
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Hope yours improves though.
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Thanks for your interest and comments.
EileenH constance.de
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The NHS site claims it will improve with rest, ice and pain killers - but if you are on pred the painkillers pose a bit of a problem. I take other stuff too and when I asked if they could suggest a suitable painkiller to use for it I was in the emergency department before my feet could touch the floor having a cortisone injection! I was at the hospital for a colonoscopy that week so had had to stop the warfarin so because I wasn't taking it I could have had a cortisone shot into the joint without any risk of bleeding. I don't think the injection was into the joint as it happened, it was on the outside of the hip, where you can feel the bony bit. Wherever it was it made a big difference. I had another done by my GP a few months later and the combination of the two sorted the bursitis very successfully.
mrsmop constance.de
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Hope you sort yours out soon
Mrs.Mac-Canada constance.de
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constance.de Mrs.Mac-Canada
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Our husbands do suffer, don't they?
Have a great Christmas and pain free 2015 - that is to everyone. Constance
EileenH constance.de
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Actually, it occurs to me, any of you with a chronic cough since pred should ask the GP to get you checked for silent reflux - regurgitating acid at night. It can happen without "heartburn".
EileenH
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EileenH constance.de
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These things will pass. And they do.
ptolemy constance.de
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Mrs_CJ constance.de
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I have a lot lot of post nasal drip and am seeing an allergy doctor who thinks I have a sinus infection. One of her key monitors is whether the antibiotic is stopping my coughing. Well if my cough is from prednisone it isn't going to stop anytime soon! My next appointment I'm going to explain to her that I think we need to focus on the post nasal drip and controlling my wet cough and not on trying to stop my dry cough.