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A member asked:

Started taking prednisone and major increase in sex drive-- i had zero libido before but i ache for it? sorry-- can the pred cause this?

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Listen to your body: If Prednisone corrected a deficiency you had that lowered libido, then the correction restored the libido. It is not a direct effect of prednisone.

Answered 9/9/2018

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