The Medication

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Doctors prescribed prednisone steroids. Prednisone is a corticosteroid. Unlike anabolic steroid which helps build tissue, corticosteroids tear tissue down. Prednisone, in particular, can have many side effects. For Danielle, it would lead to sleepless nights, unbearable joint pain, insatiable hunger, and hair loss. In other words, a special kind of hell. At first, her symptoms were manageable. Life was challenging but it marched forward.