NSAIDS and Prednisone interaction
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okay, now that i have my right foot in a lace up boot because of Posterior Tibial Tendonitis-it really, really, really, hurts- I need to decide what pain killers to take. My docs seem to think tylenol is nifty, but it doesn't do squat for swollen, painful tendons. I might as well go to the local faith healer. so here's my question: I noticed that NSAIDS and prednisone have "moderate" interaction warnings, which is probably why they suggested tylenol (and prescription vicodin). I'm probably especially prone to it given i'm still on a liquid diet due to the prednisone and already suffer gastrointestinal issues, etc. no sense adding to the volcano.
I'm wondering if any of you folks take NSAIDS with your prednisone and whether your docs warned you of the possible interactions. I have to admit to having cheated and taken a small swig of my kid's children's ibuprofen bottle...couldn't stand the pain any longer. so sad. I just wanted pain reduction without going to sleep (vicodin knocks me out).
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judytal LisaCACO
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EileenH LisaCACO
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I have used the odd dose of ibuprofen and never had a problem - I was on the enteric coated version of pred at the time and it was not regular. I know exactly where you are with tylenol (paracetamol, acetaminophen) - useless and actually also really not good for livers. Co-codamol (no idea what you call it, maybe that's vicodin) is OK with pred - but possibly a bit sleep inducing.
Ice? Compression? Faith healer?
EileenH
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LisaCACO EileenH
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I guess they figure I'm such a mess they don't want to risk w the nsaids. probably a smart move on their part...
rita38591 LisaCACO
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snapperblue LisaCACO
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However, the arthritis pain vanished after I’d been on prednisone for a while. This makes me curious about why prednisone is not knocking out the inflammation in your tendons. Are you on a really low dose? Any ideas on this from the others on the forum?
Sorry to be no help at all!
snapperblue
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LisaCACO snapperblue
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Anyway, I've iced this thing and it's no fun because I have cold feet to begin with . Resting is very boring but I'm doing it. Even sent my husband out shopping with my 10 year old and to get her haircut today. Pretty scary.
Just sitting here waiting for the next thing to fall apart...
EileenH LisaCACO
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Weakening tendons is one of the side-effects of pred, especially in localised large doses - hence the reason you can't have too many local cortisone shots for a joint injury. Using the intramuscular sort instead of oral pred is different. If it weren't for the oral pred the inflammation mihgt be worse - but here it is more an injury than JUST inflammation.
Try icing just the injured area (it is ankle isn't it?) with your toes on a (warm) hot water bottle...