A. Whenever health care providers prescribe prednisone, they should warn about side effects such as insomnia, irritability, ...

Q. I was on a 14-day course of prednisone for vertigo. Once I stopped, I had terrible withdrawal symptoms that have persisted for more than 10 days.

Prednisone is a versatile medication — but it has a few potential side effects. Does prednisone cause hair loss? It’s possible, though there’s not much evidence to confirm it. You may have been ...

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Q: I’ve been taking prednisone for severe asthma/emphysema for the past year and a half. I hate how much weight I’ve gained — nearly 35 pounds. Can you explain how prednisone works and why it causes ...

A head-to-head trial comparing the decades-old steroid, prednisone, and a promising new steroid, vamorolone, finds both act on the same key set of genetic pathways involved in controlling inflammation ...

Constipation usually doesn’t happen as a direct result of steroid use. But some of the long-term effects of steroid use on your body, such as lowered blood potassium levels, can cause constipation.

Data for 1,410 abiraterone-treated patients from 2011 to 2022 were identified from a large academic/community hospital system. Three hundred and fifty-three patients were excluded for missing ...

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