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Posted 8/7/2012 3:03 AM (GMT 0)
Has prednisone taken anyones period away for lengths of time?
Posted 8/7/2012 10:50 AM (GMT 0)
Girl, my periods are a mess! I am 46 and was experiencing pre menopause when all this started for me so my periods were sketchy to begin with. Last September when I started Pred my periods became nonexistent...until December. The day after Christmas, I had the period from Hell! Heavy does not begin to describe it. Well, after that, I haven't had one since.

I started tapering my Pred again and have been down to 35 from40 for the last 10 days. This past Saturday night, I noticed that I was having a period. I thought "well, okay. This is weird". Well Sunday morning it was gone. I have had very very light spotting since. I am bloated as mess, but as a UC sufferer we all know that bloating could be from anything.
Posted 8/7/2012 1:51 PM (GMT 0)
I take birth control pills, but I hardly even have a period while I'm on prednisone.  I take the pill packs for 4 months back to back (so I should have a period every 12 weeks), but I've been on prednisone since January and my periods have been all messed up even while on the pill!  During the week off the pill, my period sometimes won't start until Thursday (normally its Monday) and even then its lighter than normal. But I have horrific menstral cramps while on prednisone which is very unusual for me.  So bad I have to take a painkiller, and usually I take nothing for the minimal cramps I get.  It's awful! Can't wait to be off the nasty prednisone. Hoping by my next period in October I'll be off of it!
Posted 8/7/2012 1:57 PM (GMT 0)
Pred didn't do it to me and I haven't heard of pred messing with periods. However, I have heard many stories of bad UC flares screwing up cycles.
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