Did you know that Prednisone makes people gain weight?
Exhibit A: Jerry Lewis...google before his diagnosis, then after 6 months or so. Not only does it make you gain weight, but you look like you have gained about 2-3times as much as you actually did...puffiness! It also leaches your calcium from your bones, plays hell with your blood sugar, etc. etc. On the other hand, it is a miracle for the right conditions! It also makes all your aches & pains disappear, you feel 16 again.
The few times I was prescribed it (for bronchitis) it was for no more that 3 days. Powerful stuff.
OH, yeah! Didn't they tell you about this? Get off of it as soon as you can.
I was prescribed it once for poison ivy. Never again.