A. Whenever health care providers prescribe prednisone, they should warn about side effects such as insomnia, irritability, ...

Q. I was on a 14-day course of prednisone for vertigo. Once I stopped, I had terrible withdrawal symptoms that have persisted for more than 10 days.

Prednisone is a versatile medication — but it has a few potential side effects. Does prednisone cause hair loss? It’s possible, though there’s not much evidence to confirm it. You may have been ...

Q: I’ve been taking prednisone for severe asthma/emphysema for the past year and a half. I hate how much weight I’ve gained — nearly 35 pounds. Can you explain how prednisone works and why it causes ...

After taking prednisone, it may stay in your system for up to about 22 hours. The half-life of prednisone is 3 to 4 hours in an adult. Half-life describes the time it takes your body to get rid of ...

A new study published in the journal of Rheumatology showed that tocilizumab provided greater reductions in rheumatoid ...

Your doctor may recommend long-term daily use of corticosteroids for chronic conditions such as arthritis, asthma, eczema, lupus, tendonitis, or a related inflammatory disease. Corticosteroids such as ...

a Patient had a surgical procedure in April for which his warfarin was discontinued for five days. b During this visit, the patient was prescribed prednisone 10 mg orally daily and his warfarin dosage ...

Data for 1,410 abiraterone-treated patients from 2011 to 2022 were identified from a large academic/community hospital system. Three hundred and fifty-three patients were excluded for missing ...

Impact of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Expansion Among Patients With HIV-Associated Aggressive B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas Data for 1,410 abiraterone-treated patients from 2011 to 2022 were ...