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Prednisone is a pretty common drug with weight gain as a side effect, so that might be a good place to look further. It increases water retention (obviously no
by hansvm 1y ago
Prednisone is a pretty common drug with weight gain as a side effect, so that might be a good place to look further.
It increases water retention (obviously not permanent or unbounded), increases appetite, and redistributes fat (giving the appearance of weight gain).
- cogman10 1y agoPrednisone is usually not a treatment for cancer, but rather a treatment for the cancer treatment. A potential side effect of immunotherapy is it can cause the immune system to go haywire and start attacking non-cancer cells.
- hansvm 1y agoRight, but it's a well researched drug with a weight gain side effect, so it's probably a reasonable entry point for them to learn about the thing they asked (unless they happened to care about that cancer drug in particular, but that's not what it sounded like to me).
- burnt-resistor 1y agoMy grandmother took it most of her late life for management of COPD. She had a hard time getting off it completely. She had immense self-control and managed to control the weight gain side-effects, but she had some of the moon face appearance.