PredniSONE Side Effects: Chest pain, perhaps heartburn (or gas?) so bad that I can barely http://www.medications.com/effect/view/5274 Chest pain, perhaps heartburn (or gas?) so bad that I can barely breathe...this only happens when I attempt to stop taking prednisone altogether. This time I tapered down from 50 mg to 25 mg (for a week) to 0 as of Sunday. I had been taking prednisone t so, your pain in your chest is there when not on the drug, correc Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:42:40 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/5274?item=14983 so, your pain in your chest is there when not on the drug, correct? I have had asthma badly recently...and bronchitis...so was rescued with prednizone..very thankful...Avoided going completely to the pack...afraid of too much...was terribly asthmatic...so http://www.medications.com/effect/view/5274?item=14983