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What Causes Persistent Head Pressure Despite Taking Prednisone?

i have top of head pressure. been to ent,said inner ear virus. been on prednisone for 4 days. no change. mri scheduled for thursday. i take .5 lorazapem daily for anxiety..the pressure leaves at rest,to return upon an hour or two of awakening. not sure what it is
Mon, 13 Jan 2020
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Hello,

* Sorry to say, but prednisone is a steroid meant to reduce inflammation of some sort in body and not the drug of choice for persistent head pressure.

* It is the underlying viral infection causing viremia responsible for head pressure.

In addition to the steroid, certain measures are needed to follow as

- deep breathing of vapors of boiled water added tincture benzoin with blanket covered overhead

- discuss the need of antibiotics as penicillin or cephalosporin, decongestant as diphenhydramine or loratadine with your doc

- avoid excess dosage of lorazepam ( 5 per day ), which will down-regulate the concerned receptors and will not work efficiently

- addition of paracetamol ( 650 mg ) sustained-release tablet or tramadol hydrochloride ( 37.5 mg ) after meals for headache relief (require prescription of your doc ).

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Take care

Regards,
Dr Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon
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What Causes Persistent Head Pressure Despite Taking Prednisone?

Hello, * Sorry to say, but prednisone is a steroid meant to reduce inflammation of some sort in body and not the drug of choice for persistent head pressure. * It is the underlying viral infection causing viremia responsible for head pressure. In addition to the steroid, certain measures are needed to follow as - deep breathing of vapors of boiled water added tincture benzoin with blanket covered overhead - discuss the need of antibiotics as penicillin or cephalosporin, decongestant as diphenhydramine or loratadine with your doc - avoid excess dosage of lorazepam ( 5 per day ), which will down-regulate the concerned receptors and will not work efficiently - addition of paracetamol ( 650 mg ) sustained-release tablet or tramadol hydrochloride ( 37.5 mg ) after meals for headache relief (require prescription of your doc ). Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon