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prednisone and Morbid Obesity

prednisone has been researched along with Morbid Obesity in 7 studies

Prednisone: A synthetic anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid derived from CORTISONE. It is biologically inert and converted to PREDNISOLONE in the liver.
prednisone : A synthetic glucocorticoid drug that is particularly effective as an immunosuppressant, and affects virtually all of the immune system. Prednisone is a prodrug that is converted by the liver into prednisolone (a beta-hydroxy group instead of the oxo group at position 11), which is the active drug and also a steroid.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"In a 69-year-old obese woman on prednisone treatment for temporal arteritis a widened mediastinum on chest X-ray proved to be mediastinal lipomatosis on CT-scan."3.71[Diagnostic image (71). A woman with obesity, diabetes mellitus and use of corticosteroids. Mediastinal lipomatosis]. ( Slee, PH; ter Borg, EJ; Zapletal, J, 2002)
"This morbid obesity appears to be due to sarcoid invasion of the satiety center in the ventral medial nucleus of the hypothalamus."1.28Hypothalamic sarcoidosis: a new cause of morbid obesity. ( Vesely, DL, 1989)

Research

Studies (7)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19901 (14.29)18.7374
1990's2 (28.57)18.2507
2000's1 (14.29)29.6817
2010's2 (28.57)24.3611
2020's1 (14.29)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Ma, P1
Vahibe, A1
McKenzie, T1
Hurtado Andrade, MD1
Vierkant, RA1
Higa, K1
Kendrick, M1
Ghanem, OM1
Urman, CO1
Ashby-Richardson, H1
Thakker, PS1
Adenwalla, HN1
O'Connor, CR1
Drafts, HH1
Anjum, MR1
Wynn, JJ1
Mulloy, LL1
Bowley, JN1
Humphries, AL1
ter Borg, EJ1
Slee, PH1
Zapletal, J1
La Trenta, GS1
Grant, RT1
Hoffman, LA1
Vesely, DL1

Other Studies

7 other studies available for prednisone and Morbid Obesity

ArticleYear
Effect of metabolic surgery on immunosuppressive medication use in patients with rheumatic diseases.
    Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 2023, Volume: 19, Issue:1

    Topics: Antirheumatic Agents; Bariatric Surgery; Gastrectomy; Gastric Bypass; Glucocorticoids; Humans; Immun

2023
Pyoderma gangrenosum following gastric bypass surgery.
    Cutis, 2014, Volume: 93, Issue:5

    Topics: Female; Gastric Bypass; Glucocorticoids; Humans; Middle Aged; Obesity, Morbid; Prednisone; Pyoderma

2014
Catastrophic axial gout causing paraplegia in a patient with glycogen storage disease.
    Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases, 2011, Volume: 17, Issue:7

    Topics: Adult; Catastrophic Illness; Drug Therapy, Combination; Febuxostat; Glycogen Storage Disease Type I;

2011
The impact of pre-transplant obesity on renal transplant outcomes.
    Clinical transplantation, 1997, Volume: 11, Issue:5 Pt 2

    Topics: Adult; Azathioprine; Body Mass Index; Cadaver; Cyclosporine; Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Glucocortico

1997
[Diagnostic image (71). A woman with obesity, diabetes mellitus and use of corticosteroids. Mediastinal lipomatosis].
    Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, 2002, Jan-12, Volume: 146, Issue:2

    Topics: Aged; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Humans;

2002
Treatment of exogenous steroid-induced "buffalo-type" facial and neck obesity with suction lipectomy.
    Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 1991, Volume: 87, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Cushing Syndrome; Face; Humans; Kidney Transplantation; Lipectomy; Male; Neck; Obesity, Morbi

1991
Hypothalamic sarcoidosis: a new cause of morbid obesity.
    Southern medical journal, 1989, Volume: 82, Issue:6

    Topics: Adult; Biopsy; Diabetes Insipidus; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Hypothalamic Diseases; Hypothalamus; H

1989