Skin infections while on Prednisone

Posted by paulinef @paulinef, Jul 10, 2017

I recently had a fall and mildly, or so I thought, scraped my knee. I am currently on 10mg day of Prednisone for PMR and the scrape
became infected so have just finished a course of antibiotics (cephalexin) which cleared it. Now I have another scrape that appears to be infected so wondering if others on prednisone have experienced this and if antibiotics are the only recourse..

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barbararene | @barbararene | Sep 22, 2017

Yes, what a mystery. I got down to 1 mg for 1 week.
Felt good for 4 days.
Pain n stiffness too difficult.
Took 1/2 mg prednisone today. I guess I can't manage with it.
Disappointing.
I may have to increase tomorrow.
Stiff neck,shoulders, and can hardly walk
My empathy to you all
Barbararene