Author(s): Eugenia Zuckerman

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Prednisolone is a corticosteroid drug used in the treatment of a wide range of diseases from rheumatoid arthritis to CrohnâÂÂs disease, kidney illnesses to severe asthma. It is also widely used by organ transplant patients. Yet Prednisolone can have many devastating side-effects, from weight gain and insomnia, depression and glaucoma to mood swings and osteoporosis. Eugenia Zuckerman was prescribed prednisolone to combat a rare lung disease and she has joined with her sister, Julie Ingelfinger, a doctor, to write the first, comprehensive guide for patients who are using this and other cortisone-related medicines.