Question

[tapiash]

Today is our last day to take prednisone. My son is scheduled for IVIG next week. Do you know if we can give the steroids again prior to the treatment. Like the day before and the day of. We have another prescription but I wasn't sure if we could just give my son the steroids before IVIG since we are done with the 30 day tapering. I am thinking i can just give it to him the day before ,day of, and after. I am so scared of the side effects. he is doing so well. I cannot get a hold of my doctor to ask him. Maybe someone can chime in give me an answer.

 

 

Thanks, Shirley

[lss]

Today is our last day to take prednisone. My son is scheduled for IVIG next week. Do you know if we can give the steroids again prior to the treatment. Like the day before and the day of. We have another prescription but I wasn't sure if we could just give my son the steroids before IVIG since we are done with the 30 day tapering. I am thinking i can just give it to him the day before ,day of, and after. I am so scared of the side effects. he is doing so well. I cannot get a hold of my doctor to ask him. Maybe someone can chime in give me an answer.

 

 

Thanks, Shirley

 

 

Shirley,

 

We did IVIG with Dr. K last Thursday and Friday and he gave us the prednisone rx AFTER the procedure just in case our son got a bad headache. He got a headache after the second day, but I only gave him motrin and saved the pred in case a "severe headache" occurred, which did not.

 

Good Luck

Linda

[tapiash]

Today is our last day to take prednisone. My son is scheduled for IVIG next week. Do you know if we can give the steroids again prior to the treatment. Like the day before and the day of. We have another prescription but I wasn't sure if we could just give my son the steroids before IVIG since we are done with the 30 day tapering. I am thinking i can just give it to him the day before ,day of, and after. I am so scared of the side effects. he is doing so well. I cannot get a hold of my doctor to ask him. Maybe someone can chime in give me an answer.

 

 

Thanks, Shirley

 

 

Shirley,

 

We did IVIG with Dr. K last Thursday and Friday and he gave us the prednisone rx AFTER the procedure just in case our son got a bad headache. He got a headache after the second day, but I only gave him motrin and saved the pred in case a "severe headache" occurred, which did not.

 

Good Luck

Linda

How many did your son take? How is he doing post IVIG?

[lss]

Today is our last day to take prednisone. My son is scheduled for IVIG next week. Do you know if we can give the steroids again prior to the treatment. Like the day before and the day of. We have another prescription but I wasn't sure if we could just give my son the steroids before IVIG since we are done with the 30 day tapering. I am thinking i can just give it to him the day before ,day of, and after. I am so scared of the side effects. he is doing so well. I cannot get a hold of my doctor to ask him. Maybe someone can chime in give me an answer.

 

 

Thanks, Shirley

 

 

Shirley,

 

We did IVIG with Dr. K last Thursday and Friday and he gave us the prednisone rx AFTER the procedure just in case our son got a bad headache. He got a headache after the second day, but I only gave him motrin and saved the pred in case a "severe headache" occurred, which did not.

 

Good Luck

Linda

How many did your son take? How is he doing post IVIG?

 

My son did not take any, I only gave him motrin and his headache stopped. Remember, Dr. K said only for "severe headache", otherwise just give tylenol or motrin. BTW, he only gave us 2 pills just in case.

[momaine]

My dd did ivig 16 days ago with Dr. B. The nurse said that they had had a lot of kids with headaches and my dd was the first one, I believe, that they decided to give prednisone prophylactially. she had 40 mg each day of the ivig then 30 the day after, then 20 the following day, then no more. She had NO symptoms during the ivig or they day after. She did have headaches two days following (while on 20 mg pred) and each day thereafter till day 6. On those days Advil took care of the headaches for the most part. They also gaver her fluids intravenously at the same time as the ivig.

Angela

 

Today is our last day to take prednisone. My son is scheduled for IVIG next week. Do you know if we can give the steroids again prior to the treatment. Like the day before and the day of. We have another prescription but I wasn't sure if we could just give my son the steroids before IVIG since we are done with the 30 day tapering. I am thinking i can just give it to him the day before ,day of, and after. I am so scared of the side effects. he is doing so well. I cannot get a hold of my doctor to ask him. Maybe someone can chime in give me an answer.

 

 

Thanks, Shirley