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prednisone
Treatment for Visual Snow Syndrome
Prednisone is a synthetic corticosteroid that acts as a potent anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive agent by binding to glucocorticoid receptors and inhibiting pro-inflammatory cytokine production. In Visual Snow Syndrome, it may potentially modulate neuroinflammatory processes and reduce neural hyperexcitability, though its efficacy is not definitively established due to limited clinical evidence.
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AVERAGE EFFICACY
1
CASE STUDIES
7
REDDIT COMMENTS
9
REPORTED SIDE EFFECTS
Case Studies
Two hundred and forty-eight cases of visual snow: A review of potential inciting events and contributing comorbidities - Dev G Mehta, Ivan Garza, Carrie E Robertson, 2021
2.0
This retrospective case series examined 248 patients with visual snow syndrome at a tertiary care center, identifying potential triggering events and comorbidities, and documenting treatment responses across various medications.
benzodiazepineslamotriginetopiramateacetazolamideverapamiltricyclic antidepressantspropranololketaminememantineprednisone
Reddit Comments
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805gardener
3.0
My eye pain has been a shooting pain from behind my eye into my brain, like a nerve pain with a nails-on-the-chalkboard sensation. Hard to describe. It got worse and worse for the past 2 weeks and my doctor put me on prednisone and sent me for a brai...View more
Prednisone
Reported Side Effects
General side effect
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805gardener
4.0
I'm doing much better. I had to take 2 6-day rounds of prednisone. The daily doses were 60mg, 50mg, 40mg, 30mg, 20mg and 10mg. Brain MRI came back normal except for a developmental veinous anomaly in my left cerebellum. Was referred to an ent for sus...View more
PrednisoneNasal irrigationEye dropsAnti-inflammatoryPrism glasses
Reported Side Effects
General side effect
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JaredP1994
1.0
## Urgent help needed I have been posting about these health concerns for nearly half a year now and still have no diagnosis and all the same symptoms. The doctors I’ve seen (neurologist, ent, eye doctor, neuro opthomalogist, etc have been absolutely...View more
Neck therapySsriPrednisoneNasal sprayNasal irrigationCorticosteroid injections
Reported Side Effects
General side effect
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ksx0
2.0
I had severe optic neuritis (sudden vision loss due to optic nerve inflammation) and was put on 3 days IV Methylprednisolone followed by a 2 week taper prednisone). Got afterimages/trailing/light sensitivity 2-3 months later. Don’t know if it’s relat...View more
MethylprednisolonePrednisone
Reported Side Effects
AfterimagesVisual trailingLight sensitivity
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