is prednisone a steroid
Prednisone. Prednisone is a corticosteroid. In contrast to anabolic steroids (used by âbodybuildersâ), corticosteroids are used in inflammatory conditions for their antiâinflammatory effects. They have a rapid onset of action, and profoundly affect many parts of the immune system as well as most other body systems.atients vary in the degree to which this sideâeffect of steroids occurs. Although some experience minimal hirsutism, the patient depicted here developed this side effect after taking 10 milligrams of prednisone for a few months. 1  Weight Gain.