It was a nightmare. I developed side effects immediately like shingles & herpes. Then I had severe muscles loss, joints pain, skin atrophy, gingivitis, hair loss. No one told me about side effects so I didnt know its from steroids. Took me 8 months to discover it and countless visists. I developed hormonal imbalances, metabolic syndrome, tetany, osteopenia. Then I had to be on hydrocortison for adrenal insufficiency to substitute cortisol, but my adrenals didnt 'woke up' until I received help from alternative medicine and hollistic doctors. Unbelievable experience. I stopped hydrocortison, but Im left with Mast Cells Activation Syndrome on top of that and it looks like I have flares , so have to take it once in a while. I also developed insulin resistance and small fibers neuropathy.