Prednisone has its place for treating severe health issues, but it's one of the most dangerous drugs ever brought to market. I took one dose and was immediately hospitalized for upper internal bleeding - I shouldn't even be alive.
If you're a regular ibuprofen user, Prednisone is almost immediately fatal, yet most doctors and pharmacies either don't know that or won't tell you that. My life was only saved because the onslaught of other symptoms (dizziness, paranoia, tears gushing down my face, heart racing, etc) motivated me to vomit the pill before it could reach my intestines. My subsequent research revealed that the death count and ruined lives resulting from this drug are astronomical - and yet the emergency room doctors who saved my life were all afraid of what to say about it, even as they were trying to stop my bleeding. One later admitted that he "didn't want to get sued" for speaking ill of the drug.
Prednisone should only be given to patients whose life is already in danger or whose quality of life has sunk so low that the risk of death is one worth taking. Anyone taking it for any lesser reason is playing russian roulette with their life and can expect a good chance of ending up dead before they know what hit them.
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Prednisone has its place for treating severe health issues, but it's one of the most dangerous drugs ever brought to market. I took one dose and was immediately hospitalized for upper internal bleeding - I shouldn't even be alive.
If you're a regular ibuprofen user, Prednisone is almost immediately fatal, yet most doctors and pharmacies either don't know that or won't tell you that. My life was only saved because the onslaught of other symptoms (dizziness, paranoia, tears gushing down my face, heart racing, etc) motivated me to vomit the pill before it could reach my intestines. My subsequent research revealed that the death count and ruined lives resulting from this drug are astronomical - and yet the emergency room doctors who saved my life were all afraid of what to say about it, even as they were trying to stop my bleeding. One later admitted that he "didn't want to get sued" for speaking ill of the drug.
Prednisone should only be given to patients whose life is already in danger or whose quality of life has sunk so low that the risk of death is one worth taking. Anyone taking it for any lesser reason is playing russian roulette with their life and can expect a good chance of ending up dead before they know what hit them.
February 18, 2012 - 7:55pmThis Comment
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