@anything4him The problem with prednisone longer than a couple of weeks is that it is producing your cortisol. Therefore your body shuts down production. Any longer term use of prednisone and body has an extremely difficult time restarting cortisol. The additional side effects of prednisone are also hard to ignore. Moon face, tissue paper skin, swollen neck, weight gain, bone density, cholesterol issues, A1C, gastric issues and fatigue. Corticosteroids are the devils tic tac. I would really research what you might get yourself into. I had to take steroids for 6 months due to PMR. Go over to the PMR sections of connect and see all the issues. Google how harmful are corticosteroids. Good place to start.