Increased appetite on Prednisone?

a low carb diet greatly reduces your appetite, maybe you could counter the prednisone effects by entering ketosis?

In short, Prednisone triggers blood to release glucose which increases the amount of insulin in your body which increases appetite! Increase fluid intake!

-PharmD

I gained a ton of weight on Prednisone. I was on a very high dose of it though. It definitely does increase your appetite , I had gained about 75lb by the time I found out it was the Prednisone. I have been on a much lower dose once more a couple years ago and being aware that it increases your appetite helped and also plan every meal and snack too.

I have been on prednisone for 2 1/2 years now and most likely the rest of my life. I started off at 60mg and yes i gained some weight but it wasn't the only reason i did i was so sick then they didn't know if i would make it, wasn't exercising or moving much it hurt way to much to do either and ate junk.

But i am still on prednisone and LOSING WEIGHT!!!!!!! It can be done its just a matter of if you want to or not, it takes great determination to beat the prednisones side effects, and i am not going to let it control me, it can help where its supposed to but i will control ME..

I went from 154lbs ish to 216lbs within 4 months on it. awful awful drug but it can also be an absolute god send.

I have been on prednisone for about a year. I LOVE the way it makes me feel, I can get up and move around more- but the weight gain and voracious appetite and loss of metabolism - sheesh!! Once I start eating, I feel absolutely famished! I take it for RA, and for a serious back problem, sadly the surgery is far too likely to paralyzed or dead! ( I paraphrase!). My exercise in the past year is also affected- I was hiking 4-7 miles a day and now, without the prednisone, I can't walk from the bedroom to the kitchen without stopping. Sorry for the rant! I am trying to control the eating, and am starting a water workout soon- not thrilled about that! My husband says that I am moving around and easier than I have in months- it took him mentioning it for me to realize it was true, so there is hope! Has anyone else had a problem with their immune system? I went to Oklahoma for 8 weeks at CHristmas to visit daughter and Grands and was sick about 6 of those weeks, I seemed to catch everything that went by! AND I had a flu shot and pneumonia shot before I left! I'm thinking about wearing a face mask when I go out in public.

I've been on it a few times for my lungs getting really bad. Even with watching food intake and water, I gained (i was on a very high amount with a relatively quick tapper so that may have something to do with it). I would retain so much fluid on it, I couldn't bend my fingers. And I started to hallucinate (which is also a side effect...luckily I knew I was). Once you start to hallucinate, you cant go on it anymore. Luckily, I have not needed it in a few years now. not sure what I would do if I needed it again. If you are only on it for 10 days, try to stay in your calories, drink your fluids, and stay away from the scale for the next month (I hold fluid and inflammation for a long time....I just got an infection in my jaw limiting what I could eat for 2 weeks....gained 6 pounds)

Prednisone absolutely will do that. My transplant clinic has me losing weight now because post-transplant I will probably be on prednisone for at least six months, and there will be weight gain, and they want to make sure I don't have any complications from that.