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Question: My mom is getting iv steroid treatment for her multiple sclerosis ---will she become masculine?

(Posted by: Jodie on 2010-07-30 16:01:25)

Like with regular steroids as side effects/ will she get mood swings, grow facial Hair, lose her breasts?

Posted by: pcheesewhiz on 2010-07-30, 20:06:37

Your mother will not become masculine, grow facial hair, or lose her breasts. The type of steroids used in infusions are not anabolic steroids, the type that body builders use. She is going to get an infusion of corticosteroids. Some of us get mood swings from them and some of us don't. Everybody does not have the same emotional reaction to them.

Posted by: Kaitlyn on 2010-07-30, 16:12:16

They're treating her with corticosteroids, not anabolic steroids, so no. I was treated with very high doses of IV steroids last fall and I didn't become masculine. However, she may get mood swings, because that is a side effect of corticosteroids. Side effects that she may have: arthritis.about.com/ cs/ steroids/ a/ corticosteroids_2.htm