swollen feet

Deborah, same thing happened to me and I'm no longer on steroids?  I was blaming it on a new BP pill, but now since the very hot weather has disappeared, so have my swollen ankles.  So definitely the weather IMHO.  Sit with your legs raised whenever possible.

You may be right about the weather being a factor, there are so many variables that are involved it drives me crazy.  One thing I know is that using pred can lead to diabetes or diabetes like symptoms.  I was prescribed, and take MetFORMINhcl to combat the effects of pred that can lead to diabetes.  I suggest you ask your doctor about this.  Good luck

It's just the luck of the draw Deborah, I now have glaucoma which is

attributable to prednisone, it's under control but my pressure went up

to 62, that's why I think its so important to see an opthalmologist.  Because

of all the side effects of prednisone I think doctors are anxious to get you off

it as soon as possible but I would definitely go slowly, it has taken me 18

months to get down to a recent 3 - so far so good.  Good luck.

 

Thanks for your replies. My gp increased my dose of pred as I was getting a lot of pain back. For about 3 months I'd been almost pain free but over the last few weeks it was steadily increasing. I've only been taking the extra 5mg for 3 days but as of last night the pain has become almost unbearable. My back around my ribs is excruciating. I'm not convinced that it is pmr, I have had fibromyalgia for about 13 years so don't know if this is fibro pain or pmr. The pred has also made my diabetes much worse. Before pred it was perfectly controlled by metformin, now I'm on 4 different medications for diabetes and its still no where near under control. In fact I've been referred to the diabetes team with a view to starting me on insulin. I feel thatstarting the pred was the worst thing I've ever done. If I knew for certain that I definitely have pmr maybe I'd feel better about it.

Hi Deborah. I got terribly swollen ankles last year after being on pred a few months. My gp gave me Furosemide and that has taken care of it, as well as helping my high blood pressure. I also get the pain you describe in my back. It gets really bad when I am using my hands to do anything in front of me, such as washing up, typing on the computer, even reading a book/mag. The only thing that helps is lying down for fifteen minutes or more. I have only had this since my last reduction to 7.5mgs. Have tried going back to 8.5mgs but so far that's not helping. I am loath to go back to 10mgs. I feel I am going backwards. Thank heavens, we all have each other! I'd go mad (ok, even more mad) without this forum! Take care, Debbie

I have tremendously swollen feet and legs since on Prednisone. I know one of its side effects is fluid retention, so I just stopped worrying. Maybe one of these days, when I ever get off the stuff, if I still have all the swelling I'll try to track it down with a doc. Til then, maybe others have better advice.

Whatever, lots of luck--

Yes, my feet swell up, but so does the rest of my body on (currently 20mg Pred). All part of the water retention with Preds.

I started taking Prednisolone 14 months ago ,started on 15mg for two weeks then up to 20 for two weeks then started the reduction, Got down to 9mg in December 2014,But that did not last for long up to 30 then down to 8mg then back up to 40mg at the moment have not had my wedding Ring on for nearly 2years and feet and Legs have been swolen with water for the last 3 months, Knees are verry painfull Rheumatologist Asperated 150ml of fluid from my knee and this helped for a short time,will not get Results from this till I see the Rheumatologist next week, With all that I have read on this forum I am also going to talk to her about coming down from 40mg Verry slowley, Think I came down to quickly the last twice.HappyDays.

The temperature is a factor and the increase in pred probably won't have helped. Mt feet were like balloons last week - after a few days of much more salty food on the river cruise we were on in China. Back to normal after sitting on a train for a few hours with my feet above waist level. I used to have swollen feet all the time - manual lymph drainage worked a miracle.

And I'm going to recommend you consider trying Bowen therapy for the back and rib pain. It might not work but what you describe sounds very myofascial pain syndrome-ish.