Prednisone weight loss

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Avatar m tn After one year of vomiting once a day early in the morning and being treated with prednisone and cerenia, still vomiting. No weight loss, no loss of appetite. Have had extensive blood tests, xrays, worming, etc. Daily prednisone causes diahhrea so we give it every 3 or 4 days. Lasts for a while and then starts up again. Help!
Avatar m tn In three days? That's fluid not fat.
Avatar m tn If you are being prescribed prednisone it could be to treat an autoimmune issue. This could be related to treatment with interferon. Is the doctor well aware or of the opinion that this could be treatment related hearing loss? If you use the search engine at medhelp you will see that there are other threads here with this topic.
Avatar n tn I have cut out most coffee, sodas (although I usually drink diet) and alcohol. I usually have at least one drink per day. The weight loss is what is scaring me so badly. I don't know if it could be the dietary changes with the stress or if I am truly sick with something like cancer. I so desperately am afraid of dying and leaving my kids to grow up without a mom. They are my life. Does anyone have any similar experience?
Avatar m tn 100% deaf in my left ear. I had my first prednisone injection in my inner ear and started on 60 mg oral prednisone for 10 days and then step down every 3 days for the next 10 days (6/3/2/1). After my second injection on October 26, 2015, I could actually hear words - faint words, but words. I had my 3rd and final injection on November 2, 2015. I am just today finishing up my last prednisone pill.
130737 tn?1214861465 I have not been on Prednisone since '05'. I have had the swelling unfortunately longer than that. I do experience weakness. I get really tired easily too. If i dont have anything planned for my weekends I will sleep most of it away. And at work I get tired easily in the afternoons.
Avatar f tn Does Prednisone cause short term memory loss? This discussion is related to <a href='/posts/show/228663'>prednisone may cause memory loss?</a>.
20914321 tn?1636236164 no prednisone severe weight loss profuse sweating and bruising continued high wbc count
Avatar f tn I'm starting my prednisone today and I'm really scared - could anyone who has taken this medication for this condition give me any advice? Did it seem to help? How long were you one the prednisone? I'm already obese and am really worried about the weight gain from prednisone. I'm hoping that I won't be on this medication long.
Avatar n tn Does anyone know why my fifteen year old chihuahua would be losing control of her hind legs and losing weight? She started kinda "skipping" on them like two weeks and about a week ago she started losing control over them alot, she sometimes can walk w/ a sort of dragging motion but then she loses control over them and they just give out on here, it really is saddening me and I would like to know if anyone knows why this could be happening and what i need to do for her..
428506 tn?1296557399 a total loss of 32 lbs so far since May that has brought me down to a weight I haven't been since early 2004, and very close to 1/3 of my total goal, which is to lose 100 lbs. (Thanks for all who supported me when I feared that prednisone would cause me to force feed myself and gain tons of weight!) I don't say it enough, and never could, but this place has meant so much to me.
Avatar f tn My symptoms are extreme fatigue, weight loss (about 12 pounds), difficulty breathing, and bruising very easily. I just checked out of the hospital yesterday, where I was admitted for pneumonia and a high WBC count. When I checked out, I was told my WBC is still too high, and that I'll need to get it checked soon. I'm becoming concerned because even though I left the hospital, I am still incredibly weak and don't have the energy to do anything or go anywhere.
Avatar m tn I am also growing a lot of coarse hair on my chin and my cholesterol - triglycerides are high. I gained some weight and have a hair loss. I wanted to find if taking the prednisone and propylthiouracil could be cause of all these? I took the medicines couple of weeks longer than I should have. Also, is taking 10 mg of the prednisone for 7 weeks considered taking it long term and high dosage and could it cause permanent side effects like the ones I have? Or are these related to the hypothyroid?
Avatar f tn OMG how do you get rid of it????? Can you????? What about weight loss, is it hopeless. I barely had any hormones or none, and trying to find a good Doctor that deals with ADRENAL INSUFFIENCY AND WOMENS HORMONES. It took me 8 Doctors to find one and now we moved to Tucson, AZ and I cant find anyone who does BIO - HORMONES and ADRENAL INSUFFENCY WITH WEIGHT GAIN AND HUMPS . Someone having the same problems.
471161 tn?1317190950 I have hair loss way before prednisone. Hair loss is a system of Lupus. 25% of people with Lupus get some hair loss.
Avatar n tn Must people with Colitis inflammation have absorption issues of nutrients and loss weight may occur too. It does take the body awhile to recover from anemia because the body has rebuild and that takes time. Suggest a daily multi-vitamin and to eat healthy foods you can tolerate with the Colitis.
1657910 tn?1302372061 (I personally just want off of the prednisone, it has done nothing and it is affecting my weight loss and I want off NOW!) I also think that going to the higher dose of Imuran might be a waste of time and maybe we should just switch to the methotrexate now. I was the one that made the doctor up the Imuran after all the months because it wasn't working because I want results and I want him to be more proactive.
446896 tn?1237802742 //ibdcrohns.about.com/cs/prescriptiondrugs/p/medprednisone.htm Prolonged use of prednisolone can depress the ability of body's adrenal glands to produce corticosteroids. Abruptly stopping prednisolone in these individuals can cause symptoms of corticosteroid insufficiency due to adrenal suppression. Adrenal suppression refers to the body’s inability to synthesize natural corticosteroids, resulting in a dependency on the prednisone taken by the patient.
Avatar f tn I am currently on 5 mg also along with Imuran and I am fine with the 5 mg. I am so afraid of the prednisone because I know it can be so damaging to your body. My dr who seems very knowledable with GM said that once the Imuran kicks in he could wean me off of the prednisone. My other concern with going to a higher dosage is because I was on 20 mg before and after about 10-15 days of it I took myself off (I was in between drs. at the time).
Avatar n tn Hi, It is true that treatment for Pseudotumour cerebri is complicated because of obesity. Therefore a formal weight loss and exercise program is required once the diagnosis is established. Programs designed for weight loss should include an exercise program and psychological consultations. Many patients do not lose enough weight and may require treatment approaches such as gastric resection or stapling.
910930 tn?1242959206 Our six year old Manx was prescribed 5 mg. of Prednisone"diffuse, punctate,hypoechoic nodules throughout the spleen". they are hoping this is not a sign of lymphoma--also "mild gastric lymphadenopathy. Originally we brought her in because of weight loss and they found an intestinal infection which she was treated for with antiobiotics. They also found protein in her urine and high liver enzymes. The recent report was from an ultrasound.
158939 tn?1274915197 I know that long-term use of prednisone can block thyroid absorption but would a 6-day course of prednisone (METHYLPREDNISOLONE 4MG DOSPAK 21) block absorption enough to bump a TSH from 0.11 to 22.06 even while taking the required thyroid supplements???? The last time I *had* to get my TSH this high (for RAI) it took me 4 weeks and the low iodine diet to get my TSH this high (and I still had remaining thyroid tissue). BTW - my Free T3 1.8 (down from 3.9 three months ago) and my Free T4 .
Avatar f tn Unfortunately, there's no way to completely avoid weight gain or moon face as a side effect from prednisone. They are both known, common side effects and many people who have to take prednisone get them. I know about them first hand - I've had to be on prednisone quite often and often at VERY high doses, and I always get the moon face and weight gain with it, even if my eating/exercise habits don't change a bit.
444932 tn?1273980797 I had an allergic reaction to Chantix (med to help quit smoking) and my doctor prescribed 6 days worth of Prednisone. This is some evil S***. Makes me feel really hyper but not a good hyper. Lots of energy - too much in fact - but no focus. Makes it so I can't sleep. Feels like I can't eat enough (the last thing I need is to gain weight - self esteem already pretty much sucks). The only positive to all of this is that yesterday at work I was flying high and initially feeling pretty good.