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Side Effects of Glucocorticoid Therapy
| Systemic |
| • Cushing Syndrome |
| • Osteoporosis & osteonecrosis |
| • Diabetes mellitus |
| • Limb muscle atrophy |
| • Edema |
| • Suppression of HPA axis |
| • Immunosuppression and infections |
| • Hypertension |
| • Retardation of growth |
| • Impaired healing |
| • Thinning of skin & increased brusibility |
| • Peptic ulcer |
| • Psychoses |
| • Increased abdominal fat |
| Ocular |
| • Ocular hypertension and iatrogenic glaucoma |
| • Posterior subcapsular cataracts |
| • Infections |
| • Impaired wound healing |
