Corticosteroids - Adverse effect
General:
Increased appetite, weight gain (Cushingoid features: wt. gain, buffalo hump, moon facies, hirsutism, truncal obesity), candidiasis
Skin:
atrophy with purpura, acne, striae, fragile skin, hypertrichosis
Eye:
Cataracts, glaucoma, central serous chorioretinopathy
Cardiac:
Premature atherosclerosis, HTN
Genitourinary:
Menstrual irregularitis
Infertility
Metabolic:
Peripheral insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia
Fluid retention
Kaliuresis, azotemia, metabolic alkalosis
Gastrointestinal:
Gastritis, PUD, GIB, pancreatitis, fatty liver, hiccups
Bone:
Osteoporosis, AVN, muscle weakness
Psychiatric:
Psychosis
Euphoria, depression
Hematologic:
Neutrophilia, lymphopenia.
Neurologic:
Myopathy, behavioral changes, psychosis, hallucination, seizures, visual blurring, tremor, insomnia, reduced taste and olfaction, cerebral atrophy, dementia
Epidural lipomatosis