Doctor prescribed my 4 year old niece Anabolic steroids

[shadowfax1]

My niece has severe asthma,she was having a very hard time just breathing normally,as a last resort the doctor prescibed her some steroids(I dont know which one),I asked my cousin why the doc prescibed a 4 year old steroids,she said the doctor told her for some unknown reason they seem to work sometimes.Anyway I saw my niece last week and she's doing fine now.

I was Just wondering whats the rationale behind this method of treatment,or has anyone else heard of this before?

[mollswan]

Prednisone isnt an anabolic steroid.steroid yes anabolic no.

[Varven]

Dude, not all steroids are anabolic.

I use corticosteroid creams to control eczema - skin condition.

[thatwaslight]

look up the difference between anabolic steroids and corticosteriods...................

[musclenz]

Prednisone isnt an anabolic steroid.steroid yes anabolic no.

Actually its very catabolic to muscle so if you are a serious BBer try to avoid prednisone. Its often prescribed in a short sharp dose for chronic asthma.

[mollswan]

Prednisone isnt an anabolic steroid.steroid yes anabolic no.

Actually its very catabolic to muscle so if you are a serious BBer try to avoid prednisone. Its often prescribed in a short sharp dose for chronic asthma.

i usually get prescribed it for when i get chest infections that dont want to go away.due to working outdoors and breathing in al kinds of shit.

[shadowfax1]

Shit forgot all about steroids like cortisone etc,when any one mentions steroids my first thought is anabolics.

[michaelk]

Prednisone isnt an anabolic steroid.steroid yes anabolic no.

Actually its very catabolic to muscle so if you are a serious BBer try to avoid prednisone. Its often prescribed in a short sharp dose for chronic asthma.

I keep on getting Prendisone for the past year for a skin conditition by my GP, it worked fine temporarily.

in the end went to a specialist who put me on some charcoal based cream for Psoriasis. All very managable. I didn't notice any adverse effects of the Prendisone though.

maybe I was lucky.

[musclenz]

Prednisone isnt an anabolic steroid.steroid yes anabolic no.

Actually its very catabolic to muscle so if you are a serious BBer try to avoid prednisone. Its often prescribed in a short sharp dose for chronic asthma.

I keep on getting Prendisone for the past year for a skin conditition by my GP, it worked fine temporarily.

in the end went to a specialist who put me on some charcoal based cream for Psoriasis. All very managable. I didn't notice any adverse effects of the Prendisone though.

maybe I was lucky.

It may not have impacted on you MK because you are in such good condition. What dose did he have you on? A year is a long time to be using prednisone. Some people I know that are long term users have ended up with all sorts of wasting type issues & bad infections. Do a google on prednisone side effects. THere are some interesting stories.

[blairandkelly]

when ever iv been prescribed it for asthma never longer than a week or so , never noticed anything to be worried about

[michaelk]

It was off and on over the year for about 10 days at a time, it seemed like it was every month or two. Worked very well, but when I finished the course it (the Psoraisis) would come back, heard some nasty effects form the doc other than catabolism.

I was only on 1 pil a day so don't recall what dose that was, but it wasn't very high.

[thatwaslight]

ive suffered really bad athsma all my life and had to use prednisone on and off for years and definitly lost muscle when i was on for longer than than a week avoid it if you can!

[shadowfax1]

I got a allergic reaction to a sleeping medication(amytriptyline) I started taking last Friday,yesterday I started getting severe itching,welts all over my body,and my hands and throat were very swollen.The welts and rashes were spreading very fast and as I could not sleep,I went to the hospital 2:30 am this morning.The doctor gave me some prednisolone and these other pills to stop the itching,within 1 hour after taking the prednisolone the swelling and pain in my hands and throat was much reduced.

Woke up this morning and pain was gone.Have to take prednisolone 2 more days.I never knew steroids like prednisolone had such powerful effects.