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PPalpitations on Prednisolone

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Fandango
Fandango

I have been on Prednisolone for 4 weeks - now at 30mg daily.  I have had a lot of side effects but the most worrying is palpitations.  Has anyone else experienced this?  Although my dosage has come down the palpitations are as bad as ever.  Is there anything that you can advise to take like a natural remedy?  

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  • Fandango
    Fandango

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    Thank you to everyone who responded to my post about palpitations.  I have looked at this forum many times since being diagnosed with temporal arteritis and grateful to have learned so much - which otherwise I would never have known about.  I am now down to 20mg prednisolone daily for the past 2 weeks and go back to rheumatologist in 2 weeks time.  The palpitations have calmed down a bit and I take my dose 2x10mg morning and evening.  I wonder if anyone has had eye pains on prednisolone.  I have had very sharp fleeting pains in my eyes for the past week and wonder if that is another emerging side effect.  The side effects are awful - seem to do the rounds of every part of body. 
    • EileenH
      EileenH Fandango

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      Have you had your eye pressures checked? If you are in the UK a visit to an optician is enough, don't know about the USA though. Has to be an eye doctor here in mainland Europe. Although that is normally painless, it is a side effect of pred and must be monitored. However - a good optician who does the full eye exam (i.e. not one who merely sells specs) can identify many problems and is easily accessible and really not expensive to be sure your eyes are OK. The staff at Specsavers and the like do have good reputations - the Vision Express one I saw definitely erred on the side of caution when she has a minor panic about the thickness of my retina, the hospital eye department here was quite relaxed about what she found.
    • ptolemy
      ptolemy Fandango

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      I had eye pain with pred in my case it felt as if I had grit in my eyes. My GP did give me some medication for it. The side effects of pred are an absolute pain aren't they?
  • Fandango
    Fandango

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    Thank you very much for responding to my query about eye pain.  I saw the ophthalmologist last Monday and he said eyes were ok.  Still get fleeting eye pains.  Saw my rheumatologist on Thursday and he has lowered the dose of predisnolone from 20mg to 17 and a half mg daily for a month.  Still having the palpitations though not as bad.  Yes, the side effects of prednisolone are a pain!
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