# Prednisone and weight gain

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prednisone-and-weight-gain/367453>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 5, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prednisone-and-weight-gain/367453 "2006-08-05T13:51:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prednisone-and-weight-gain/367453/21 "2006-08-07T10:17:49Z")

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My wife has been on it (not regularly, but frequently) for MS for 20 years. Or something like that. It has had no averse affects.

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**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prednisone-and-weight-gain/367453/22 "2006-08-07T10:40:23Z")

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Thanks for the info, and the kind words. I’ll have to start paying attention to how much salt is in various food. I’ll be ok with not adding salt, I usually don’t anyway. Except for a few things that just have to have it.

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