Obviously I spoke with my doctor, she prescribed it for my back. The unexpected benefit was, here I am day 15 off the prednisone, and still haven't coughed. I'm not saying it's a solution, prednisone has horrible side effects. I'm simply saying that, in lieu of the horrible 'treatments' used for this condition; steroid neck shots, epileptic drugs, anti-depression meds (none of which help) it is a godsend to not have to cough for so many days. Maybe, just maybe, some researcher somewhere, somehow, may start to wonder how/why prednisone stopped the cough and come up with a better treatment. Lord knows there's very little research for this condition. And at my age, it's a little bit more than an 'annoying' condition.