PREDNISONE SIDE EFFECT

Patients usually take it orally but at times the drug can be administered through intravenous or intramuscular injection. It is a prodrug that the liver converts into prednisolone, the active drug, which is also a steroid. When the drug is used on a short time basis, many patients tolerate it well but when used on a long time basis, prednisone side effect become more apparent. In order to determine whether prednisone effects experienced by a patient can be coped with, it is necessary to evaluate the risks versus the benefits of using it... Prednisone is a corticosteroid drug that has many uses because it contains anti-inflammatory properties and has several prednisone effects. Physicians prescribe it on a short term or long term basis for treating conditions such as autoimmune diseases, extreme allergies, swelling in body tissues, severe asthma, and kidney diseases like nephrotic syndrome and preventing transplant rejection among others.