prednisone
an analogue of cortisone, C21H26O5, used as an anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, and antineoplastic in the treatment of various diseases.
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Also, a high-protein diet is often recommended since a medication like prednisone can speed up protein breakdown, which can result in even more protein loss if a digestive issue like Crohn’s is involved.
How Changing Your Diet Could Have a Major Impact on Managing Lupus Symptoms | Elizabeth Millard | June 29, 2022 | TimeIn some cases, doctors are starting stay-at-home patients on steroids like dexamethasone and prednisone right away, in an effort to stave off more serious infections.
How India’s COVID-19 crisis became the worst in the world | Priyanka Runwal | May 9, 2021 | Science NewsThis group includes familiar medicines like hydrocortisone, cortisone, prednisone, and Decadron.
Where Were the Doctors to Testify at Roger Clemens’s Perjury Trial? | Kent Sepkowitz | June 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTJumbling my words, I tried to explain the disease and prednisone and its side effects.
prednisone is often used to combat the inflammation brought on by autoimmune diseases.
Most notably, prednisone can trigger something called moon face.
Each morning I take the prednisone and it sticks in my throat.
British Dictionary definitions for prednisone
/ (ˈprɛdnɪˌsəʊn) /
a steroid drug derived from cortisone and having the same uses
Origin of prednisone
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