What are the side effects of steroids?
Short-term side effects include • Mood irritability • Euphoria (sense of well being) • Headache • Flushing of the face • Increase in appetite, weight gain • Metallic taste • Irritation to the lining of the stomach • Temporary increase in blood pressures • Temporarily elevated blood sugars in diabetics Side effects seen with prolonged steroid use: • Osteoporosis (thinning of the bone) • Menstrual irregularities • Candidal (fungal) infections
