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 ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I need your opinion. I was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer almost two years ago. I have had chemo treatments (Keytruda, carboplatin and Alimta) for over one year. My most recent ...

Impact of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Expansion Among Patients With HIV-Associated Aggressive B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas Data for 1,410 abiraterone-treated patients from 2011 to 2022 were ...

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.

Patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are prescribed corticosteroid anti-inflammatory drugs as standard of care, but long-term use comes with significant adverse effects. For individuals ...

Abiraterone use for prostate cancer can cause mineralocorticoid excess syndrome (MES; eg, hypertension and hypokalemia). Prednisone mitigates these effects; however, the optimal dose level is unclear.