How Doctors Make the Decision to Use Solu-Medrol
By Julie Stachowiak, Ph.D., About.com - Created: March 5, 2009
Many of us with multiple sclerosis, especially relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), have experienced a course of Solu-Medrol, the high-dose intravenous corticosteroid used to lessen the symptoms of relapses by decreasing inflammation in the central nervous system.
For many people, the effects of Solu-Medrol are just short of miraculous – MS symptoms that were debilitating before the needle was even placed in the vein may be manageable or even gone by the time the first infusion is complete. Certainly by two or three days into the course, the majority of people can report that those symptoms are much better. However, losing the MS symptoms (and the panic that often accompanies them) allows people to shift their attention to the side effects of Solu-Medrol, which can be uncomfortable (to say the least), although not life-threatening.
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1 comments:
I have never had solumedrol, only prednisone but I here that sometimes the IV is preferrable, especialy when you need a high dose.
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