I started a GLP-1 called Wegovy soon after being referred to an endocrinologist who helped me taper off prednisone. Wegovy helped me lose about half of my Prednisone related weight gain. Now my endocrinologist is considering Zepbound for some "additional benefits."

I like my endocrinologist because I'm being educated about the effects that prednisone has on hormones throughout the body. I'm starting to learn how hormones control every body system. Hormones are an extremely complex area of medicine. My endocrinologist says prednisone has "profound effects" on the endocrine system.

I started seeing an endocrinologist when my cortisol level was too low for me to taper off Prednisone. Cortisol wasn't the only abnormal hormone level that was discovered. Now my endocrinologist is trying to restore my hormone imbalances back to normal. My endocrinologist said some things could have been done when I was still taking Prednisone. However, tapering off Prednisone is usually the "first step."

I once saw a panel discussion of rheumatologists discussing GLP-1 medications. They seemed to think they should be the ones prescribing GLP-1 medications since they were the doctors prescribing the most prednisone! I thought that was funny because I don't recall my rheumatologist ever being concerned enough to check my hormone levels.