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THE ONLY SIDE EFFECT WAS FROM THE PREDNISONE;WHICH MADE MY HEART FEEL LIKE IT WAS POUNDING HARD AND FAST. report #SELF-2336

Female patient reported the following THE ONLY SIDE EFFECT WAS FROM THE PREDNISONE;WHICH MADE MY HEART FEEL LIKE IT WAS POUNDING HARD AND FAST. side effect(s):A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE SYMPTOMS OCCURRED, I WAS AT A RHEUMATOLOGIST\'S OFFICE UNDERGOING SOME TESTS, AND THE URINARY TEST INIDICATED SOME TYPE OF INFECTION, BUT I DIDN\'T FEEL ANYTHING WRONG. THEN ABOUT 2 WEEKS AFTER THAT THEBINITIAL SYMPTOMS WERE PAIN IN MY KIDNEY AREA. AFTER A FEW DAYS OF THE CONSTANT PAIN I CALLED MY DOCTOR AND TOLD HER I THOUGHT I HAD A KIDNEY INFECTION. SHE CALLED ME IN SOME CIPRO. BUT...THIS WAS ONLY FOR 10 DAYS. THEN ABOUT A WEEK LATER, I DEVELOPED A VERY BAD SORE THROAT AND SINUS PRESSURE, AND LARYNGITIS. WENT TO THE ACCUTE CARE CENTER AND WAS SENT HOME AND TOLD IT\'S PROBABLY JUST A VIRUS. ALTHOUGH THE DOCTOR WROTE ON THE FORM \"URI\". SO 2-3 DAYS FOLLOWING THAT, I WENT TO MY \"PC\" DOCTOR, SHE PUT ME ON BACTRIM AND PREDNISONE. NOW, I HAVE MYASTHENIA GRAVIS AND I AM TAKING AN IMMUNOSUPRESSANT \"CELLCEPT\", SO I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHICH ANTIBIOTICS I TAKE. AFTER A WEEK ON \"BACTRIM\" AND PREDNISONE,THERE WAS NOT MUCH CHANGE IN MY CONDITION. SO, I CALLED MY \"ENT\", GOT AN APPOINTMENT AND I TOLD HIM I WAS WORRIED THAT THE PSEUDOMONAS I HAD FROM THE YEAR BEFORE HAD RETURNED. MY DOCTOR STARTED ME ON 14 DAYS OF CIPRO TO TAKE WITH THE BACTRIM;JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE. HE CULTURED MY SINUSES AND WITHIN ABOUT A WEEK GOT THE RESULTS, AND SURE ENOUGH, IT WAS PSEUDOMONAS AGAIN. I HAVE HAD LARYNGITIS FOR THE PAST MONTH, SINUS INFECTION, AND A NASTY BRONCHIAL COUGH. I NEVER GOT A FEVER.BUT...I RARELY GET A FEVER WITH ANY KIND OF INFECTION.

FAST POUNDING HEARTRATE.

Event date: Monday December 22nd 12:00:00 AM
Dosage: 6-5-4-3-2-1
Frequency:
Age: 48
Weight: 148
Other medications: CIPRO, CELLCEPT, MESTINON, BACTRIM, TOPROL XL, LOTENSIN, MUCINEX D, ALLEGRA 180, MESTINON
Diagnosis: PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION WAS THE DIAGNOSIS. THE PREDNISONE WAS GIVEN FOR THE INFLAMMATION IN MY SINUSES, SO THEY COULD OPEN AND DRAIN.
Pre-existing conditions: I HAVE MYASTHENIA GRAVIS AND FIBROMYALGIA. ALLERGIC TO PENNICILLIN. RACE= W, SEX= FEMALE I ALSO HAVE TACHYCARDIA.
Hospitalized? No
Life-threatening? No
Disabled? No
Birth Defects? No
Was intervention required to prevent damage? Yes PREDNISONE WAS NEEDED FOR INFLAMMATION
Other serious medical events? No
Died? No

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