Prednisone – handling this strong medicine as a diabetic!

Corticosteroids and Your Blood Glucose Prednisone is considered to be a corticosteriod(which mimics hormones produced by your adrenal glands) and is used to reduce inflammation from many illnesses, like vasculitis, myositis, and rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and others. It is also used to suppress your immune system as in helping to reduce rejection of organs. Corticosteroids can …