tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460945980626855109.post1760751473546182721..comments2023-11-03T06:35:05.115-04:00Comments on Cushing's & Cancer: Dr. Gott: Is prednisone causing heart trouble?MaryOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10543686626738305049noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460945980626855109.post-49473754661158218462008-08-19T00:16:00.000-04:002008-08-19T00:16:00.000-04:00I wish this doctor had said adrenal failure could ...I wish this doctor had said adrenal failure could be life threatening instead of saying it was "potentially dangerous". Some doctors, I am convinced, do not realize the dangers of handing out steroids like they are candy!mertoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07125090424173564541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460945980626855109.post-72595711279498265192008-08-17T13:21:00.000-04:002008-08-17T13:21:00.000-04:00That's crazy, sometimes I think they should ba...That's crazy, sometimes I think they should ban predisone! <BR/>You know, in all the years I took pred I was never told the consequences of not tapering & I never knew it was serious enough to ask. I was just told I would get very sick! I only figured it out after I started researching Cushing's. <BR/>I used to start at 70-80 mg a day & it would take me months to be weaned off.<BRjudycolbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03178633666261662585noreply@blogger.com