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Coping with Prednisone and Other Cortisone Related Medicines (Paperback)

by Eugenia Zuckerman (Author), Julia Ingelfinger (Author)
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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Saint Martin's Press Inc.; St Martin's Griffin ed edition (15 Nov 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0312195702
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312195700
  • Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 633,924 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Approximately one million Americans per year take high doses of prednisone and related drugs (glucocorticoids) to treat serious illnesses and conditions ranging from asthma to rheumatoid arthritis to kidney disease to organ transplantation. Wile these medicines may have unpleasant, even devastating side effects, including gastrointestinal problems, intense mood swings, changes in hair and skin, and increased susceptibility to infection, they may also be the only treatment available for serious or life-threatening illnesses. When the world-renowned flutist Eugenia Zuckerman was prescribed prednisone to combat a rare lung disease, she teamed up with her sister, Julie R. Ingelfinger, a well-known specialist in pediatric nephrology and hypertension at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, to write the first ever, comprehensive guide for patients undergoing this difficult treatment. Packed with everything your doctor didn't have time to tell you, including recipes, exercises, and tips based on personal experience, "Coping with Prednisone "is an invaluable handbook for health-care workers, caregivers, and especially for patients themselves.

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I want the book to aid my father to live more confortable
My father has a kind of vasculitis and he is taking Prednisone since october 98 and now his doctor is going to give him cyclophosphamide

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must have book for people who take prednisone., 21 Jun 1999
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I started a megadose 12 year adventure with prednisone in August, 1985; I am still suffering the after effects. The adventure continued for an average of 10 months out of each of the 12 years. My doctor provided some information about the side effects but nothing like what was detailed in this book. I only wish I had this book. This book provides invaluable help in knowing what to expect and, most importantly, how to handle the devestating side effects. Perhaps I would not have had an enormous weight gain and loss of a relationship if I had the book. I will highly recommend this book to anyone I meet who must take prednisone and, I am sending a copy to my doctor. Three cheers and one million thanks to the authors.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Must reading for anyone on long term prednisone theraphy!, 19 Jun 1999
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A heartfelt thank you to Eugenia Zukerman and Dr. Julie R. Ingelfinger. I read a review of your book "Coping with Prednisone" in the Sunday Parade magazine. Immediately ordered same from Amazon.Com. Ms. Zukerman is the FIRST person I have discovered who suffers from the same disease that I do: Eosinophilic pneumonia, (aka Pulmonary Infiltration with Eosinophilia, or P.I.E.) I was diagnosed in 1987 and in reading Ms. Zukermans account, it could have been me writing the story, almost line for line. I also suffered with the battle of understanding what the Prednisone was doing to me, physically and emotionally, while it was doing it's wonder job of making me better. I thought at times I was crazy, until I begged one of my doctors to get me some help.... "information about side effects of Prednisone". He copied several pages of information from the hospital library, (for doctors only), but at least I had something to compare to, even though it was written in medical terms. I have felt for years that if a patient is on long term Prednisone therapy, detailed explanations should be furnished to the patient, as the side effects of the drug are so varied and at times most devistating. I have been on Prednisone for 12 years. I have learned to live with the side effects, but at times it is extremely difficult. For me, it has become a "trade-off". The prednisone is keeping me alive, so I must accept what else it is doing to me as payment. I have been an M.S. patient for 28 years and in 1991 was diagnosed with S.L.E. (Lupus). However, the Eosinophilic pneumonia has been the most difficult and devistating disease of the three. Unfortunately in my case, the eosinophilic infiltrates only stay at bay when the dose is 5mg. or higher. 60mg. needed to control a major flair of the eosinophilia. I would appreciate very much if Amazon.Com would forward this letter to Ms. Zukerman's publishers and request that they send it along to her. It is very comforting to know that one other person has this rare malady and has experienced many of the same things that I have. I wish I had had this book to read in 1987. It would have made coping with prednisone so much easier!
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5.0 out of 5 stars The book is my bible, 17 April 1999
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This book truly helps me cope with prednisone when I am on and off it for lupus. I feel so good following her diet plan and reading her struggle with the drug. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to deter the side effects in a very healthy manner.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! at last someone who has been there too..
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I think that everyone who takes high doses of prednisona must read this book.It tells us what people on prednisona need to know about side effects and how to avoid them.
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