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Posted 3/24/2013 2:21 AM (GMT 0)
Would you say that side effects from prednisone or remicade are worst as far as what's more damaging to your body, what's more dangerous.. I start remicade next week while tapering off prednisone
Posted 3/24/2013 2:31 AM (GMT 0)
you can't keep posting without a "subject" !

it's drives people nuts, especially me !

the issues are known better with pred - and they suck !

but the potential side effects of remi i don't believe are as well documented - it hasn't been around as long -

they are two entirely different drugs so there is no real way to compare them -
Posted 3/24/2013 2:35 AM (GMT 0)
darn it, forgot ^^ .. I'm only guilty of it twice though.. Thanks for your reply, fixed it
Posted 3/24/2013 2:38 AM (GMT 0)
as far as side effects go, i've read on a few sites that prednisone is the most dangerous drug. i'd have to agree. my side effects to remicade were a walk in the part compared to prednisone.
Posted 3/24/2013 2:40 AM (GMT 0)
Did remicade seem to help you?
Posted 3/24/2013 2:55 AM (GMT 0)
I'm on both and prednisone side effects are much worse in my opinion
Posted 3/24/2013 4:55 AM (GMT 0)
hands down, pred is the worst. I was on pred for 6 months and have been on Remicade for about 8 months. I have had complete success with Remicade and NO side effects. I haven't even had a cold since my first infusion. Pred, however, was TERRIBLE. I grew a mustache, had insomnia, was extremely irritable, wet the bed, got hives, lost most of my hair, had heartburn, was very hungry, and now have osteoporosis. These symptoms began after a month of 40mg/day and started going away when I finally tapered down to about 5mg/day 5 months later.
Posted 3/24/2013 5:15 AM (GMT 0)
everyone's experience on them is different. prednisone is WAY more common than remicade so its easier to hear the worse side of it than remicade. keep that in mind before you scare yourself.
Posted 3/24/2013 11:10 AM (GMT 0)
i've been on prednisone on and off for a year, it sucks. but it did get me close to remission the first time/second time. this being the third time, even at 60mg it doesn't appear to be working. i will be forcefully getting my doctor to start tapering. i don't see the sense in being on a drug that doesn't work anymore and is starting to give me joiint pains. i start remicade tomorrow (as most of you know). i'm kinda giddy with excitement about that premise of it actually working and getting some kind of life back.
Posted 3/24/2013 11:19 AM (GMT 0)
Prednisone, hands down. I get hardly any side effects from Remicade, and it works like magic.
Posted 3/24/2013 11:31 AM (GMT 0)
i can see that you cannot take mesalamines, but have you tried imuran and the like? before going onto remicade. Although remicade maybe better for you as it works much more quickly.
Posted 3/24/2013 12:39 PM (GMT 0)
I've never had Remicade but from everything I've heard and read prednisone is the easy winner. It can really screw you up in many different ways, both long term and short term.
Posted 3/24/2013 12:55 PM (GMT 0)
I've been on Prednisone and I've been on Remicade. Prednisone left me with avascular necrosis and multiple orthopedic surgeries as well as diabetes. Remicade has left me with a remission for the past seven years. For me there's no comparison.
Posted 3/25/2013 6:04 AM (GMT 0)
Prednisone is way scarier. I know it is a necessary drug sometimes for short term fixes... but to be on it long term just doesn't seem like a good idea. Like Judy2, I found out I have avascular necrosis (AVN) from it two years after I stopped taking it. And my doctors were always really careful with pred and only prescribed it when absolutely necessary. During my time with UC, I took two short month-long 40 mg tapers... one in 2007 and one in 2008 and then a high dose of the IV version in the hospital for a couple of weeks during a severe flare in 2010. That high dose took a few months to taper off of. That was enough prednisone usage for me to develop AVN.

Remicade gave me side effects too in the form of some really excruciating joint pain, but that went away as soon as I stopped the drug. I ended up getting an ileostomy and am happy with the results of the surgery.
Posted 3/25/2013 8:51 AM (GMT 0)
Pred is def "worst". Although I do not mind it as much.
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