He was diagnosed with Big Cell Arteritis. When the Doctor first started the prednisone the dosage was so high they kept him in the hospital for 5 days. When he came home he was on 80 mg dosage per day, then after 3 months the Doctor started reducing the dosage bi-weekly. January my husband started on Acterma, as of May my husband has been he off of prednisone. The prednisone also put him into Diabetes