PREDNISONE

Prednisone Information

Prednisone is a popular medicine that belongs to a wide class of medicines known as steroids. This medicine is known to effectively reduce swelling. A treatment with this drug decreases the organism's ability to fight harmful infections. This medicine is prescribed in the treatment of various medical conditions. It can be effectively prescribed to treat hormonal (endocrine) medical conditions (this happens when the patient’s organism is unable to produce enough steroids on its own), or other diseases such as, Chron’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis.

Prednisone Indications

Prednisone Warnings

You should not start taking Prednisone if you are suffering from a severe bacterial, fungal or viral infection. A treatment with this drug is known to weaken the organism's regular immune response to a disease, thus decreasing its ability to fight a harmful infection. Before you start taking this drug (Prednisone), you should inform your doctor if you are suffering from

• kidney disease,
• a psychiatric condition,
• heart disease or high blood pressure,
• liver disease,
• Diverticulitis,
• Ulcerative Colitis, or stomach ulcers,
• hypothyroidism,
• diabetes mellitus,
• Myasthenia gravis,
• osteoporosis,
• any other medical disorders.

Under these circumstances, you might not be allowed to start taking Prednisone, or you might have to be prescribed a lower dose of this medicine.

Prednisone is a category C FDA pregnancy medicine. Therefore, a treatment with this medicine during pregnancy might harm a growing fetus. You should ask for your personal physician’s approval before you start taking this medicine if you are pregnant or if you are planning to be so soon. It has been clearly determined that this medicine’s main ingredients are able to pass into breast milk. If you are nursing an infant, you should ask your personal physician if you may start or continue taking this drug.  

If your treatment with Prednisone is older than a couple of weeks, you must not stop it at once (especially without your physician’s approval). Most patients should start taking gradually lowered doses of this medicine before they may stop taking it.

Prednisone Intake Guidelines

Ask your personal doctor to tell you how, when and how much Prednisone you should take in on a regular basis. You must take this drug exactly how your personal doctor has told you to. If you fail to understand some of your personal physician’s instructions, you should ask a pharmacist, a doctor or a nurse for further explanations. You should carefully read the information in the drug’s label for further information. You must try to avoid taking double doses of this medicine without your personal physician’s approval. You should accompany each dose of this medicine with a full glass of water, with food or milk (in order to avoid an unwanted stomach upset).

The liquid form of Prednisone should be measured with the dropper that should be provided with the drug itself or with a dose-measuring cup or spoon. If you do not own such a measuring device, you should buy one from your local pharmacy. If your personal physician has prescribed you to take only one dose of Prednisone per day, you should try to take it before 9 a.m. in order to follow the organism’s natural cycle. If you have been prescribed more than one dose per day, your personal physician will help you to evenly space the doses throughout the day. This medicine should be stored in a cool and dry place, away from the reach of pets and children in order to avoid unwanted accidents such as poisoning.  

Prednisone Dosage

Prednisone Overdose

In case that you suspect that you are suffering from an overdose with this medicine, you are probably in need of emergency medical care. Therefore, you should alert your local poison control center as soon as you can (if it is possible, you should take your medicine container with you). Inform your personal physician of this at once. The average Prednisone overdose symptoms should include obesity, increased hair growth, a round face, swollen feet, hands or ankles, weak or sore muscles, increased blood pressure, etc.

Prednisone Missed Dose

In order to get the best results from you treatment with Prednisone, you must try to take this drug (the prescribed doses of this medicine) on a regular basis (preferably at the same time each day). However, if you happen to forget to take one of your scheduled doses of this medicine, you should take it as soon as you recall (then try to evenly space the rest of the day in order to take the rest of your prescribed doses of equal time intervals). If it is time for another dose, you should skip the one that you have missed. It is highly forbidden that you take extra doses of this medicine without your personal physician’s approval.

Prednisone Side Effects

Prednisone Drug Reactions

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