Prednisone is a medication usually used to treat conditions like arthritis, severe allergic reactions, blood disorders, breathing problems, multiple sclerosis, lupus and many problems related to different bodily functions and organs. This drug is a prescription medication which comes under the category of corticosteroid drugs. 

How Is Prednisone Used?

This medication is taken with food once or four times a day, as advised by your doctor. Prednisone is a prescribed medication, and your medical professional will be the best person to tell you how it can be consumed. The most common way to take the medication is as an oral tablet with meals. It is important to follow the advice and guidelines your medical professional provides and adhere to them.If your doctor has prescribed you to take the medicine in liquid form, then please measure the quantity properly and refrain from using home spoons to measure the amount, instead ask your nearest pharmacy to provide you with a medical measuring device/ spoon. 

According to MedLine, your doctor may keep changing your prednisone medication throughout the treatment, to ensure that the amount you are consuming is the lowest needed by your treatment. 

You should tell your medicinal professional about all the symptoms – physical, or mental, that you are facing afterwards consuming the medication. 

Do not stop taking the medication without prior consultation from your doctor, as this may result in weakness, weight loss, nausea, muscle pain, fatigue, and headache. 

MedLine suggests that often when you’re consuming this particular medication for any long-term disease, you need to continue the medication even after you start feeling better, and until the doctor advises otherwise. 

This medicine is used along with other medications, to treat pneumonia in certain situations. You can contact your doctor or local pharmacist to learn more about the medication and its effects. 

Precautions Before Consuming Prednisone 

• Let your doctor know if you’re allergic to the medication or any active and inactive ingredients used in the medication. 
• Tell your medical professional about all the vitamins, and nutritional supplements you are consuming or are planning to consume. 
• Inform your doctor about any herbal supplements that you might be consuming, especially St. John Worth.
• You should let your doctor know if you have an eye infection or have a medical history of eye infection. 
• Also let your doctor know about conditions like stomach threadworms, diabetes, high blood pressure, mental health issues, myasthenia gravis, osteoporosis, tuberculosis, seizure, ulcers, thyroid-related issues or diseases residing in your lungs, liver, intestinal, heart and kidney.
• Tell your medical professional if you’re planning to get pregnant, are pregnant or breastfeeding. In case you get pregnant during your medicine course, do let your doctor know so they can make changes in dosage accordingly. 
• Stay away from infected people, as your immune system is lower than usual and any symptom won’t be visible while taking Prednisone. 

How can NSUR help with Prednisone? 

NSUR offers a prescription discount card called NSURx to help you save money on your Prednisone prescriptions.

Simply present your NSURx card to the pharmacist the next time you fill a prescription of Prednisone medication at your local pharmacy, and you could save up to 80% on your prescription costs! Moreover, every time you fill a prescription using NSURx, you will receive NSUR Coin as a reward, which you can use to buy goods and services on our health and wellness shopping platform.

Over 35,000 pharmacies accept NSURx prescriptions, including major chains like Walgreens, CVS, and Walmart and smaller, independent retailers in your neighborhood. 

There is no limit on the number of prescriptions you can fill using NSURx or the frequency at which you can fill them. You can even use NSURx to get discounts on other prescriptions for your friends and family (including pets!).  

Visit NSURx’s price lookup tool to see how much you can start saving today on your Tresiba prescriptions and to find the nearest pharmacy to you that accepts NSURx, or call +1 (855) 917-6216. Most users have a pharmacy within 2 miles of their home that takes NSURx.