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Is there any solution to the side effect of dexamethasone?
About 5 years ago, a friend of mine in order to gain weight after several asthma attack, her cousin told her to use xasten ( it contains dexamethasone) . She said it will help her gain weight.
She ignorantly went to the pharmacy to buy and used it for months without medical supervision, she did gain weight but later on she noticed one side of her face is bigger than the other, she stopped it immediately and the weight started to reduce till she was skinny but still one side of her face is still bigger than the other even tho there is no more fat on her face.
So recently she started gaining weight without using any drug but the face still bother her
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This is something that really has to be brought to the attention of a doctor and the sooner the better. She has to know exactly what is going on with her health. It surprises me she hasn't been already considering one side of her face is really puffed up versus what her normal cheeks look like on the other side.
She shouldn't even be taking it PERIOD! This medication is not for asthma or gaining weight. It has a lot of nasty side-effects and potentially life-threatening interactions with other medicine. She has no business taking it. You can read more about this here: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
She has been misuing it and needs to stop immediately and see her doctor. A doctor isn't there to judge and it's confidential unless she is harming herself or others parents don't need to know but damn good idea if they do.
The doctor will know what needs to be done about her face puffing up but I'm scared for her that there's more going on with her physical health that you can't see because of abusing this drug. She has to find out what damage has been done so things don't go a lot farther and hurt her even worse. Take the puffy face as a real warning sign and get her butt into a doctor's office or emergency room if they can't see patients due to COVID. It's playing with fire to continue doing what she has done.
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She'd do better to go see a Dr. and tell the truth, no matter how dumb she might feel doing this. Dr.s are familiar with people doing very odd stuff, like eating non food items like coins, paperclips, and yes, taking others meds without Dr. suppervision. We'd have no idea as we are not Drs. and the chance of running into an advicegiver who has had the exact same thing happen to them to tell you their story is very unlikely. For all you know, instead of a side effect, it may be the results of an allergic reaction that needs treatment as it doesn't go away by itself.
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