stable not balanced Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 hello again! well, am not going the prednisone route but would love to have some inflammation relief. so pred is an nsaid? can you only find anti-inflammatories as nsaids? any others that aren't? on the psychotic level, does one nsaid tend to make you more psychotic than the other? how about aleve? how bad is it for bp compared to other nsaids? just wantin' to know. thanks y'all for all of y'alls help! kathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 No, Prednisone is not an NSAID, it's a steroid. That's why it makes some of us (myself included) go nuts. NSAIDs are fine if they don't interact with your meds. Unfortunately they do interact with lithium, even the mildest, Ibuprophen. Better get a GPs advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null0trooper Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 well, am not going the prednisone route but would love to have some inflammation relief. so pred is an nsaid? Oh hell no. It's a synthetic corticosteroid, very closely related to cortisone. can you only find anti-inflammatories as nsaids? any others that aren't? NSAID = non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. By definition, anti-inflammatories are either steroids or NSAIDs on the psychotic level, does one nsaid tend to make you more psychotic than the other? Most NSAIDs, again by definition, won't have the same problems as steroids. They have different problems. For starters, they aren't as strong as steroids. how about aleve? how bad is it for bp compared to other nsaids? naproxen poses no problem for bipolar patient by itself. For a bipolar patient on lithium, taking naproxen is one of the best ways to build up lithium to toxic levels. The same goes for most other COX-2 inhibitors. It's been discussed here before, but for someone on lithium the safest anti-inflammatory medications are probably prednisone/methylprednisolone or some other steroidal prep. Acetamenophen may be the least likely to provoke lithium buildup and toxicity, but it's not impossible. In case you haven't guessed by now, this isn't an "ask the internet" level issue. It's a "talk this over with your doctors" issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stable not balanced Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 oops! knew pred was a steriod. forgot in my hazy state! i guess i was just concerned because i have talked to several docs and the pred word is mixed evenly. i was just trying to hear from here maybe what i was missing. you did help a lot. thank you. going with tylenol, ice. ciao! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit37 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 NullO's right, this is something to discuss with your dr. That said, naproxen did absolutely nothing for me (arthritis pain? Is that what you're talking about?) My rheumatologist prescribed diclofenac, it helped to some degree. You might ask about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stable not balanced Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 i had my deviated septum fixed and sinuses cleaned up. thanks for the info! glad to hear you got some arthritis relief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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