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7 years 11 months ago #61818 by shashika
Moon FACE was created by shashika
Hi I'm shashika, I was diagnosed 2 months ago and the doctors gave me a steroid called prednisolone I started by 60mg and now I'm down to 25, at last month I started to get fat and my face was getting circle shaped im like a pregnant cow now I'm scared to the society can anyone help me? Sorry about English I'm a srilankan!
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7 years 11 months ago #61820 by mrsb04
Replied by mrsb04 on topic Moon FACE
A known and common side effect of steroids I'm afraid. It should reduce as you drop the dose. The body naturally produces about 7.5 mg a day so once you get to that dose I would hope your symptoms will abate
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