Prednisone should be reduced gradually to avoid severe withdrawal symptoms. Your healthcare provider will help create a tapering schedule based on your needs. Symptoms like achiness or fatigue are ...

Background: the mainstay of treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is oral glucocorticoids, but randomized controlled trials of treatment are lacking. As a result, there is no evidence from ...

Prednisone can cause weight gain by making you retain fluid and increasing your appetite. Eating less sodium and more potassium can help reduce water weight gain from prednisone. Regular exercise can ...

Abiraterone use for prostate cancer can cause mineralocorticoid excess syndrome (MES; eg, hypertension and hypokalemia). Prednisone mitigates these effects; however, the optimal dose level is unclear.

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 ...