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To maintain glucose availability for the brain during times of stressT

Muscle wasting, hepatomegaly and altered fat distribution

Increased gastrointestinal gas production

Neutrophilia, monocytosis, lymphopenia and eosinopenia

Lymphocytosis, monocytosis and eosinophilia

It may maintain itch control more consistently without a loading dose

Side effects cannot be quickly reversed once the drug has been given

It may reactivate latent toxoplasmosis infections

It frequently causes severe liver disease