Side-effects following Triamcinolone

Dexamethasome Myopathy

“…After the patient was transferred to hydrocortisone or prednisone, the muscles gradually returned to normal. Kendall and Hart (1959) observed a loss of weight of over 14 lb. (6.4 kg.)…”

The Pituitary and Adrenal Cortex in General Medicine

“…Triamcinolone has some side-effects not seen with other BRITISH 629 MEDICAL JOURNAL steroids-tendency to produce headache, facial flushing, and rather marked anorexia (Hartung, 1958;Kendall and Hart, 1959). The latter may be an advantage because the patient is less likely to gain weight excessively.…”

Iatrogenic Neurological Diseases

“…Triamcinolone causes less water and salt retention than its forerunners and dermatologists have found it the most useful of the steroids in the treatment of various skin diseases. Dubois (1958), Kendall & Hart (1959) and others have all described cases in which triamcinolone therapy has been followed, sooner or later, by extensive weakness and wasting of muscles of the shoulder and pelvic girdles and the extensors of the thighs. Electromyography revealed evidence of severe muscle fibre lesion while biopsy revealed widespread necrosis.…”