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What Causes Headache And Insomnia While Decreasing The Dose Of Omnacortil?

my father was prescribed omnacortil 100 for a week due to cancerous lungs and COPD. after a week it was reduced to omnacortil 50, then 40mg after another week and then 20mg. he is sufferring from dizzines, bodyache, headache and insomnia. please suggest.
Fri, 17 Apr 2015
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The medicine omnacortil is prednisolone which is a steroid. This is a drug with anti inflammatory properties and also has many known side effects. It is to be reduced slowly and that is the reason his doctor has given it as 100 mg, 50 mg, 40 mg and 20 mg. This is to reduce the appearance of side effects due to stopping treatment with steroids.

Since he is having cancer lung and COPD therefore the dizziness, body ache, headache and insomnia can be due to the stopping of treatment with steroids. The anti inflammatory activity of steroids is not present and there is recurrence of symptoms due to disease. Please discuss with his doctor to find alternative measures to treat his symptoms.
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What Causes Headache And Insomnia While Decreasing The Dose Of Omnacortil?

Hi, Thanks for writing in. The medicine omnacortil is prednisolone which is a steroid. This is a drug with anti inflammatory properties and also has many known side effects. It is to be reduced slowly and that is the reason his doctor has given it as 100 mg, 50 mg, 40 mg and 20 mg. This is to reduce the appearance of side effects due to stopping treatment with steroids. Since he is having cancer lung and COPD therefore the dizziness, body ache, headache and insomnia can be due to the stopping of treatment with steroids. The anti inflammatory activity of steroids is not present and there is recurrence of symptoms due to disease. Please discuss with his doctor to find alternative measures to treat his symptoms.