Prednisone
rheumatoid arthritis
"I have a love/hate relationship with Prednisone.  It really helps when you need it.  In fact, sometimes, it's the ONLY thing that helps.  Over 20 years ago I was on it for my UC.  I never gained weight on it.  I did get the cute moon face though.  Recently I was diagnosed with another auto-immune disease.  NSAIDs didn't do anything to alleviate my pain.  I'm on Sulfasalazine and Methotrexate.  We started with 40 mg Prednisone and have tapered to 10 right now.  NEVER get off Prednisone cold turkey (If you've been on it for a while), your adrenals will pay.  You have to taper off.  However, as I taper off, my pain is coming back.  It has a lot of side effects.  I already have osteopenia from the last time."