Prednisone suppresses your immune system and can be used to treat conditions like blood cell disorders, arthritis, and skin ...

All pet owners hope their dog lives a healthy, happy and long life. But just like humans, many dogs will experience illness and disease at some point in their lifetime, leading to a host of painful or ...

Prednisone is a versatile medication — but it has a few potential side effects. Does prednisone cause hair loss? It’s possible, though there’s not much evidence to confirm it. You may have been ...

ANSWER: I was unable to find an association between corticosteroids like prednisone and the worsening of tinnitus (a sound you can hear that nobody else can, often a ringing or buzzing sound). The ...

A prednisone taper gradually reduces your corticosteroid dose over days, weeks, or months to prevent prednisone withdrawal.

Dear Dr. Roach: I think my 75-year-old husband has polymyalgia rheumatica, and I understand it has no definitive cause. He gets severe unbearable pain alternating between his neck and hips every few ...

For patients allergic to iodine contrast media (ICM), dexamethasone premedication prior to adrenal venous sampling (AVS) is a safe and more effective alternative to prednisone and other approaches ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: After years of controlling my herpes outbreaks, I began having severe outbreaks again. I noticed that they began after I had completed a week’s worth of prednisone. Since then, and ...