Are you or someone you know taking prednisone?

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If so, you should know this......
About 2% of people taking Prednisone go into a Steroid Induced Psychosis. Most of these people have no history of mental illness whatsoever.
It happened to me while I was in the hospital in 1991.
The scary thing is that many doctors and most nurses don't even know about it. 
Thankfully, once you stop taking it, you come back to normal. But it is a terrible thing to go through.

charmel5496 · Accepted Answer

never took it but as a nurse have taken care of people on it and i think the majority of med folks know that the psychois can be a side effect of it

Loli M · Answer

Wow, too bad.  I've been on prednisone lots of times and luckily I've never had that happen.  I'm a little nutty as it is though....perhaps I just wouldn't notice.  :-)

chikensnsausages · Answer

my father in law was on it for years, having gone thru cancer - he has recently found out that he has spurs growing on 26% of his bones, his cartilage in his joints have calcified, and movement is very painful- the specialists and the orthapaedic surgeon attribute all this to the Prednisone.

Jen · Answer

No I don't know anyone that is taking it.  I hadn't even heard of it before until you asked this question here on Yahoo Answers.

J W · Answer

I had to quit my job behind Prednisone, but it did help my skin and asthma.

crazi8red · Answer

i think my dad takes that and back when he started taking it he did kindof go goofy but i didnt pay it much attention,i guess i should have

JustLynn · Answer

Nope, that can be induced many other ways too...

mr.JAW58 · Answer

all my friends are to smart to take prednisone

Tek ~aka~Legs! · Answer

i had an Rx of it last week but it didn't phase me a bit

VENUM · Answer

what do ya mean doctors dont know, how did you find out

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Are you or someone you know taking prednisone?

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