Rheumatoid Arthritis
"I have a love/hate relationship with Prednisone.  It really helps when you need it.  In fact, sometimes, it&#039;s the ONLY thing that helps.  Over 20 years ago I was on it for my UC.  I never gained weight on it.  I did get the cute moon face though.  Recently I was diagnosed with another auto-immune disease.  NSAIDs didn&#039;t do anything to alleviate my pain.  I&#039;m on Sulfasalazine and Methotrexate.  We started with 40 mg Prednisone and have tapered to 10 right now.  NEVER get off Prednisone cold turkey (If you&#039;ve been on it for a while), your adrenals will pay.  You have to taper off.  However, as I taper off, my pain is coming back.  It has a lot of side effects.  I already have osteopenia from the last time."