moon face predniolone

Ive been on prednisolone 30mg for 3 weeks and also IV for 3 days ! Ive now been put up to 60mg for 2 weeks and my face as already started to go moon face ! It is making me so down ! I've always been bothered by my weight and now I look like someone else ! Ive been reading posts and didn't relise that moon face could come on that quick ! I'm also worrierd by the amount of peolple that have said that onve they start to lower the does their flare ups come back !

As anyone else had the moon face come on as quick as me and if so how long did it take to go down ?

[Dr_Veena]

Hi,
     Yes moon face is common to happen with such huge dose of prednisolone and it does come down with reducing dose. Usually with in 2 weeks of stopping the drug there is a slight change, while with in 2 months time noticeable change can be seen. Also, these changes are individual to every patient. Flare ups are common with abrupt discontinuance, but not with proper weaning of prednisolone. Hope this helps. Best.

[Settersyd]

I know you posted this a longgg time ago and I'm sure your "moon face " well I'm 17 and I was diagnosed with upset article colitis last year and they put me on 15ml of prednisone last october. In February I was blown up like a ballon! My face was so big and I used to be such a tiny girl. Prednisone made me gain 30lb.  In may I stopped prednisone and by June, my face had completely gone down! Sadly in augut I started again): cuz I had a flare up and I was on 15ml again! Back in September I went off an my fce changes a little but it's still quite large. I miss my skinny face, it's kinda deppressing sometimes. Everyone says I look prettier with a square jaw but Im not used to it, I don't like the change.