How to Use prednisone in a Sentence

prednisone

noun
  • What are the long-term side effects of this dosage of prednisone?
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2022
  • There are many other side effects of steroids like prednisone.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Adams has been taking prednisone to ease his symptoms, and it’s helped.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 24 Jan. 2023
  • In the past, this immune suppression was done with steroids like prednisone.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • His doctor gave him a third course of antibiotics and a little more prednisone.
    — Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2020
  • When the blood tests came back positive, the patient was given his first dose of prednisone.
    — New York Times, 15 Dec. 2021
  • The patient reported that his leg pain got better with the prednisone.
    — Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2020
  • But when symptoms flare up, doctors often prescribe steroids like prednisone.
    — Samantha Reid, Allure, 24 Mar. 2022
  • When his breathing got really bad, his doctors would give him a couple of weeks of prednisone.
    — Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Doctors also put Stephens on massive doses of prednisone, which worked but packed on the pounds.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 20 Sep. 2017
  • My doctor then put me on two more weeks of 60 mg prednisone, and a gradual taper for the next three weeks.
    — Jenna Birch, Health.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Corticosteroids like prednisone may also be used to help control symptoms in the short-term.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 9 Jan. 2019
  • The only drug that controlled my symptoms was the steroid prednisone, in substantial doses.
    — Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Some of the pills, like prednisone, were bitter and hard to swallow, so the pills were accompanied by a tall glass of orange juice.
    — Jessica Stuart, STAT, 6 Nov. 2020
  • But with the prednisone, the pain and terrible stiffness disappeared.
    — New York Times, 10 Nov. 2021
  • While battling her angry eye, the 28-year-old fashion designer had downed lots of prednisone.
    — Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2014
  • Using the steroid prednisone during pregnancy, for example, may cause a cleft lip or palate birth defect.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Problems breathing In severe cases, your doctor may prescribe an oral steroid, such as prednisone.
    — Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 10 May 2023
  • Doctors can identify the disease by a blood test, and corticosteroids such as prednisone may be prescribed.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Steroids like prednisone are usually effective for bone pain related to cancer and its treatment.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2022
  • By then, Schulte’s vertebrae, weakened by prednisone, had started cracking.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Steroid medications like prednisone can increase the desire to eat as a side effect and are most often used as a short-term treatment for poor appetite.
    — Jay N. Yepuri, Verywell Health, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Research has shown that prednisone can decrease bone density within weeks of starting the drug, increasing the risk of fractures.
    — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Medical experts say it can be easily resolved with antihistamines or prednisone, a type of oral steroid.
    — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 7 Jan. 2021
  • She was given antibiotics and prednisone, a drug that reduces inflammation.
    — Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 23 July 2024
  • For decades steroids such as prednisone and dexamethasone have been the mainstay of treatment for patients with autoimmune conditions.
    — Marla Broadfoot, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Oghalai says that patients with vasculitis are typically first given a steroid, like prednisone, which block the immune system.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Can taking 10 mg of prednisone per day for three weeks affect antibody testing for an HIV test?
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Once the disease is under control, prednisone-type drugs are stopped entirely or reduced as much as possible to avoid the many long-term adverse effects of these drugs.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Historically, lupus has been treated with medicines that broadly suppress the immune system, such as steroids like prednisone.
    — Markham Heid, TIME, 27 Dec. 2023

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