budesonide Side effects

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Nik

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What side effects have people had on budesonide ? Ive been on it over a month now for the first time, I’ve never had a steroid drug before.
Some days I’m so exhausted that I can just get out of bed. I’m not sure if it’s the drug or something else. I’ve had Crohns for 10 years and never experienced fatigue like this.
I have also been spotting in between period and this month my period is so light, it’s pretty much nonexistent. I’ve never had issues with this before, and it started a couple of weeks after starting budesonide. I don’t have an UTI or kidney issues. I also have a very sore throat since taking it too. Has anyone else experienced any of these symptoms?
 
Corticosteroids generally don't cause fatigue. In crohn's disease the fatigue is often from dehydration from diarrhoea and anemia caused by deficiencies in iron and b12 uptake.
 

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