So true about prednisone! I had one - then RA and been on some amt of prednisone for 35 years. Gave me my active life ( always with some pain still). But my body is SO addicted I can’t get below 5…. And I am suffering from muscular atrophy and loss. Muscles just pop and ‘die’. Mobility more and more an issue. Active life is over (78 now). Careful of Steroid!