Prednisone

Does prednisone make you hungry? I had a good Chinese meal but shortly afterwards I felt hungry? I went from 170 to 140 lbs. this year. My wif wants me to put some weight back on but I don't want tog ain too much. Thanks.

I gained 30 pounds in about 2 months! But as soon as I came off it I started to lose the weight I gained from being on it. The first week I noticed I was hungry after eating but only a few times I would cave in and actually eat. The cravings and wanting more food went away after the first week or two of being on it. But I continued to gain the weight most was water weight.

pred was one drug that I could not handle, at all. I was a table games dealer, and pred made my hands shake and i couldn't think to do all of the math I had to do really fast, it made my brain not able to think it out quik enough, especially when you have to do alot of weird numbers, like someone would bet $1,762 and they get blackjack there pay is 1 1/2 times, so you have to think fast. my brain wouldn't function, very weird, then really oily facial skin and hair plus the night sweats.

Yes! I was on a 8 week course of pred and gained 8lb Was constantly raiding the cupboards day & night . I needed to gain weight though so that helped. Once i weaned down to 5mg the hungry feeling went away. Bev x

Just to be the odd man (woman) out, I've been on prednisone for almost two years straight and have not noticed any increase in hunger.  I also had not gained any weight until the past few months, but that is because the arthritis has been so bad that I've had to stop working out completely (went from working out a lot to doing nothing, so I'm up about 6 lbs).  I seem to be one of the few that didn't gain weight on it, but also haven't gained from a few other meds that normally make people gain, so I guess I'm just really lucky (and I'm sure the fact that I used to work out 11 hrs/week really helped).

But aren't people always hungry after chinese food? ;-)