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has anyone ever caught a bad cold while on pred and imuran?

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Posted 1/27/2013 3:47 PM (GMT 0)
did it take a long time to go away? my daughter caught a bad cold at daycare and she gave it to me and my husband. i just finished a flareup and im starting to taper prednisone and im on 25mg of imuran. i hate being sick. everyone in my house is sick. my doc gave me a week off but i have so much stuff to do at work.
Posted 1/27/2013 4:52 PM (GMT 0)
I was on 40 to 60mg of prednisone a day for about 6 years, I did not have problems recovering from colds. However, everyone is different, I do know that my physician told me that while on pred I would need to take antibiotics because my immune system would be compromised by the pred, I did not take this advice. I stayed so sick with UC that I stayed hospitalized and on so many meds that I couldn't afford to go to the doc every time I got sick.
Posted 1/27/2013 5:21 PM (GMT 0)
I hardly got sick while on 6mp but when I got sick, I got SICK! I always ended up on antibiotics because it morphed into something else. If you start running a fever over 100, get in to see your primary.

But if you didn't see my recent post, I found that if I ingest 1tbsp of warm honey mixed with 1/4tsp of cinnamon, that it helped head off a cold that was beginning to develop. The next day after trying this, my nose was clear and my congestion was minimal.
Posted 1/28/2013 3:41 AM (GMT 0)
On 40mg of pred I got sick plenty. Only thing I noticed is recovery time increased by a day other than that not many extra problems.
Posted 1/28/2013 10:56 AM (GMT 0)
this winter is so bad for colds this year everyone is sick. my daughter just started daycare and shes catching everything and giving it to me and my husband. this weekend was pretty bad its been a long time that ive felt sick like this. i didnt even want to move off the couch and just wanted to sleep. im taking tylenol cold and tylenol for sinuses but i dont think my stomach likes it too much. hopefully it doesnt bring on more symptoms cause i have enough with this stupid cold. im also starting to taper my pred today.
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