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Heather
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Username: Heather

Post Number: 3124
Registered: 05-2003
Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010 - 05:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

If you are taking prednisone, can it alter your labs...make them look better than they actually are? I was put on prednisone for 6 weeks but in that time had to repeat some labs...most of which appeared greatly improved..now I am concerned I may have to repeat them again off of prednisone..to see what they really are. I am talking...ANA, Sed rate, autoimmune panels, etc.
Heather

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Karen R.
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Username: Relivkaren

Post Number: 4990
Registered: 07-2007
Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010 - 07:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Heather:

YES!! Some labs will be affected by prednisone. Especially SED rate and C-reative protein as predisone is very effective in reducing inflammation and that is what SED rate and C-reactive protein measures. As far as ANA and other autoimmune markers, I am not sure. I thought that if you had autoimmune disease that those markers were always there, but that might not be true. Come to think of it - my mom has Rheumatoid Arthritis in remission. I don't think her labs show that she has Rheumatoid factor.

I only know for sure about the SED rate and C-reative protein because that is how they would measure the activity of my Crohn's when it was active. Prednisone would bring those 2 test numbers way down to almost normal. If they weren't in the normal range then they would up my pred.

You might want to wait a month or two to have those tests repeated. I know that pred takes a long time to get out of your body. There is some formula - something like the length of time you took it - it takes so long to get out of your system. Obviously, I don't know the correct formula, but I bet someone on here does.

That's good that the pred helped those things, but it doesn't help when trying to get a diagnosis.

I hope that helps some!

God Bless!
Karen
Dx: BOOP - May 2006. Rediagnosed with Bronchiolitis Obliterans Nov. 2006
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Heather
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Username: Heather

Post Number: 3136
Registered: 05-2003
Posted on Wednesday, November 03, 2010 - 07:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I asked the neurologist about the labs and he said oh yes..prednisone will

alter your labs. I also asked if it would alter my cholesterol. He said

yes..prednisone

may raise your cholesterol. But thing is..mine was 220 at the beginning of the year


and I began taking fish oil about June..and now it came back 192. That is quite

significant. and I did not take the fish oil faithfully either. So kinda odd. My

cholesterol was 198 in 2008, and 220 the last 2 times it was done before this one.
Heather

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