Can Revolade And Omnacortil Cause Dizziness?

Posted on Thu, 1 Oct 2015

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Question : hi, my wife was diagnosed with ITP ( Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura). She was given Omnacortil 60 and Revolade (GSK) - http://www XXXXXXX ca/yyyyyy/docs-pdf/yyyyyy/Revolade.pdf

Her Platelet count increased over 4 weeks to 396000 from 1000. Her doc has reduced the dosage to Omnacortil 20mg gradually but is continuing with Revolade.

She has been experiencing spinning head for a week now. Is it normal ? (impact of Steroid ?)
Is her treatment in the right direction ? How long would she need to continue on steroids ?

Her Bone Marrow biopsy was normal.

Answered by Dr. Prasanna Heijebu (-4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
The treatment is heading in the right direction.

Detailed Answer:
Hello, Sir.

I can understand your concern.

I have gone through your query in detail.

Your wife is heading in a right direction on therapeutic basis.

The side effects like head spinning is related to Revolade>> steroids.

This will subside soon.

Steroids are required for another 2-3 weeks.

The treatment is heading in the right direction.

Post your further queries if any.

Thank you.

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