Myasthenia Gravis Support Group
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a neuromuscular disease leading to fluctuating muscle weakness and fatiguability. The hallmark of myasthenia gravis is muscle weakness that increases during periods of activity and improves after periods of rest. Although myasthenia gravis may affect any voluntary muscle, muscles that control eye and eyelid movement, facial expression, and...
For MG, 30mg pred each AM.
Got off of Imuran due side effects and started Cellcept 500mg AM, 500mg PM about 2 months ago.
Every day, about 2PM, seated at work, indoors, my boss says "Hey, man. You're really turning RED in the face. You should go home or check your meds."
This seems to happen when I stand up from being seated, always in the early afternoon.
Has anyone else had this?
For blood pressure, I've been on Atenelol, HCTZ for 3+ years. My neuro wants to blame the Atenelol but has never heard of this side effect.
It makes my ears ring, I feel flushed (vaso-dilation for sure) - but my BP is pretty good when it's happening.
???
Thanks !
Got off of Imuran due side effects and started Cellcept 500mg AM, 500mg PM about 2 months ago.
Every day, about 2PM, seated at work, indoors, my boss says "Hey, man. You're really turning RED in the face. You should go home or check your meds."
This seems to happen when I stand up from being seated, always in the early afternoon.
Has anyone else had this?
For blood pressure, I've been on Atenelol, HCTZ for 3+ years. My neuro wants to blame the Atenelol but has never heard of this side effect.
It makes my ears ring, I feel flushed (vaso-dilation for sure) - but my BP is pretty good when it's happening.
???
Thanks !
Well, been checking blood glucose on a regular basis now for 3 days and SURPRISE - the flushing happens when my glucose crashes! 3 for 3 now, when I had bad redface, my glucose was in the 80's !!
Strange since I'm on an average 25mG predisone every morning. I thought prednisone would tend to make me more diabetic, not less?
So, yesterday, when I felt it coming on, I crammed a nasty cheap hotdog down my throat (from a convenience store across the street from my office) and NO FLUSHING!
2 hours later my glucose was back down to 87...I didn't believe the meter, so used a different meter and strips and got 84.
Anyhow, those of you who thought flushing and glucose were related, it seems you were right - but not in the way I expected.
Thanks