I have been on 50 mg. of prednisone for about 6 weeks. After 2...

My dad was put on Prednisone for almost a year and nearly died because of it. In fact, he would have died if we hadn't taken him to Shands, where they know how bad Prednisone is! It's been 7 months & he's still being monitored by his doctor to ensure that his organs are healing themselves. When he was on it, almost immediatly he had the same side effects that you are describing! It was really bad, and just kept getting worse. They say that Prednisone stays in your system for a year. Please be careful & consider seeing a doctor outside of your town (that's what we had to do) because that drug is so dangerous and lethal! I will never know why some doctors still use it.