[Magdalen] Pharmaceutical question...

[sally.davies at gmail.com]

Hi Grace

The last time I had a cortisone injection (in 2012 for hay fever) I had
quite a bad reaction - flushing of the face, feeling weirdly 'hyper", poor
concentration and very easily irritated or wound up. It persisted for about
a week then wore off leaving me free of hay fever but a bit embarrassed
about a couple of non coping incidents.

I had cortisone the year before and don't recall anything like that. But it
certainly beats daily antihistamine treatment and in your case I would
guess, chronic nasty pain. Not pleasant though...

Sally D
On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 at 3:11 AM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> To those of you knowledgeable about such things:
>
> I know that taking steroids orally can lead to some odd things like
> increased appetite, sleeplessness and personality changes, but I was under
> the impression that that was not the case with steroid injections, which is
> why they are preferred for longtime anti-inflammatory relief.
>
> I've had really good results from the injection I had on Monday, but I'm
> also feeling a bit weird, something I hope will wear off shortly.  But is
> this common? My doc is out of town until next week, and it's not serious
> enough to require immediate attention, but I was just wondering...
>
> --
> Grace Cangialosi
> Ruckersville, VA
>
> It's a good thing Mary didn't have to wait for a Doctrine of the
> Incarnation
> before she said "Yes" to God.
>