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What Are The Side Effects Of Prednisolone?
I m 28 year old male. Height -6.1, Weight - 86 kg. I m suffering from cluster headache from last 3 days on left side of my face. No other medical history. Doctor has prescribed prednisolone 20 mg in tapering dosage for 9 days to me. so can u tell me about the side effects of prednisolone?
Tue, 28 Feb 2017
prednisolone is a steroid drug , which has numerous side effects if taken for long time like weakness of bones, increased blood pressure and increased blood sugar , it also weakens immune system and patient may develop some infections rather easily
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