Yes ... it isn't that prednisone causes these things to happen. It is more that prednisone exacerbates things and makes preexisting conditions worse.

To be fair ... my BP was probably "borderline" before PMR and prednisone. I took prednisone and felt well enough to do a long distance bicycle ride. That was when I nearly collasped from exhaustion. I reported an irregular pulse to my primary care doctor and he ordered the EKG.

I honestly thought I was doing well on prednisonefrom from a PMR perspective before all this happened . Then I decided that I wasn't doing well in terms of my overall health. Prednisone had a way of making me feel better than I actually was.