# Might steroids make your body secrete... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 6, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-steroids-make-your-body-secrete/476053 "2008-12-06T22:37:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-steroids-make-your-body-secrete/476053/1 "2008-12-06T22:37:25Z")
…oils or whatever, through your skin? A few months ago, my chemo oncolgist prescribed Prednosone 40 mg daily. Every 3 weeks I get an Alimta infusion, and on the day before, the day of, and the day after, I take 8 mg of another steroid, Dexamethasone, and skip the Prdnosone. Skin’s friggin’ oily. Just wondering. ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-steroids-make-your-body-secrete/476053/2 "2008-12-07T03:13:21Z")
IANAD, but I take prednisone and I used to take dexamethasone daily for an adrenal disorder. My doc told me that steroid usage can cause oily skin and acne. I get much more facial acne now than I ever did before (I’m 44–I was hoping that I’d be beyond that already). You take a heck of a lot more than I do. I’m on 8mg of prednisone daily. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-steroids-make-your-body-secrete/476053/3 "2008-12-07T03:25:45Z")
Anabolic steroids definitely list oily skin and acne as possible side effects. I am not sure about the class of drugs you list, but I believe anything that messes with hormonal balances will have oily skin as a possible side effect. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-steroids-make-your-body-secrete/476053/4 "2008-12-07T03:27:15Z")
True dat. [http://www.cop-boop.org.uk/steroid\_use\_&\_effects.htm](http://www.cop-boop.org.uk/steroid_use_&_effects.htm) ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-steroids-make-your-body-secrete/476053/5 "2008-12-07T03:28:30Z")
> [@Ceejaytee](#): > > IANAD, but I take prednisone and I used to take dexamethasone daily for an adrenal disorder. My doc told me that steroid usage can cause oily skin and acne. I get much more facial acne now than I ever did before (I’m 44–I was hoping that I’d be beyond that already). You take a heck of a lot more than I do. I’m on 8mg of prednisone daily. lol Thank you for the inputs! I was having a hard time and called my Pulmo’a number this past Saturday afternoon. Spoke to the partner (not my Doctor) and he asked me about my Rx’s. When I told about the steroids, I heard him give a muffled “Phew!” I didn’t press it. BTW he said I should go to the ER and check in. I didn’t. On Monday, I saw my Hematology Oncologist, and told him about the call to the Pulmo. “The hospital’s the worst place for you,” he said. “Too many germs.” Go figure. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-steroids-make-your-body-secrete/476053/6 "2008-12-07T03:40:58Z")
Thank you all very much! I see the light! No acne,but my face is sooooooooooooo greasy! And suddenly I need new glasses. Is that a steroid symptom, too? That your vision deteriorates? ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-steroids-make-your-body-secrete/476053/7 "2008-12-07T15:58:45Z")
**BarnOwl** , it is time to ask your medical adviser and doctor, and time to read up via inserts and other reference material about the drugs you are taking. I would suggest that you acknowledge this is not the arena for such issues, and as you raise more, the amount of confusion can only grow. Speak with a doctor or pharmacist, or check drug inserts. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-steroids-make-your-body-secrete/476053/8 "2008-12-07T16:46:10Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > **BarnOwl** , it is time to ask your medical adviser and doctor, and time to read up via inserts and other reference material about the drugs you are taking. > > I would suggest that you acknowledge this is not the arena for such issues, and as you raise more, the amount of confusion can only grow. > > Speak with a doctor or pharmacist, or check drug inserts. Okay. Mods, please close this thread. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-steroids-make-your-body-secrete/476053/9 "2008-12-07T16:51:50Z")
Mods, please close this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-steroids-make-your-body-secrete/476053/10 "2008-12-07T17:23:24Z")
Thread closed at request of OP. Colibri General Questions Moderator