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I hope this is not an inappropriate question, but is prednisone know to cause man boobs?
I am a relatively well built, 67-year-old male whose weight is somewhat normal (but redistributing). I've been on prednisone for about a year, and amongst other noticeable symptoms I know am developing man boobs.
Is this caused by the the prednisone or something else?
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penelope10875 bob73443
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faye______00403 penelope10875
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in front. I can't fit in any of my clothes anymore......so
depressing.....bought a couple of things but have a closet
full of nice clothes, hoping I get off the pred and get most
of my life back......No gain on the boobs......
tavidu faye______00403
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dan38655 bob73443
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Loss of one's "fitness" characteristics can be from the loss of activity that pmr causes.
I don't know of any particular studies where the effects of prednisone was evaluated in the absence of medical conditions, those surely exist and would best indicate what might purely be caused by pred.
As one who lost 15lbs early in the course of my pmr, I have gained back but a few pounds of muscle, with no kind of flab concentrated anywhere.
And having put the muscular symptoms under some control, I am able to sleep reasonably well but definitely have symptoms of fatigue and with a frequent feeling of needing to close my eyes.
Everything else seems about normal, albeit at a low 4-5mg dosage range at 18mos.
lodgerUK_NE dan38655
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Because it is so powerful that is why GPs in particular and some Consultants are desperate to get you off it. Medics panic when they come across someone who needs it longterm, it is drummed into them no more than three weeks. They remember that bit and forget about people who deveop lont term illness and need it, and some are kids who are on it for life and who would die without it.
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lodgerUK_NE
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I and others would be blind without it. Strenous efforts are being made to find steroid sparing agents, there are some, but unless the latest trial being conducted turns up trumps, none of them, so far have worked on everybody and they all come with their own side effects.
EileenH lodgerUK_NE
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EileenH
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