Temporary use of Prednisone

ghce

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Been having a bunch of health issues recently.
Started out with 6 days of wildly varying high fevers going up to 40 and down to 38, after five days of that crap I was sick of it, even had a mild body rash so made my way to my GP who like me thought it just likely a bad viral problem but suggested I take an antibiotic to be on the safe side which had also been my thinking.
Long story short I was allergic to the antibiotic so it was an emergency trip to the ER for an adrenaline shot as I was going into anaphylactic shock.
Included with the adrenaline was a couple of Prednisone 20mg pills to be taken daily ie 40mg for upto 4 days.
A couple of hours later a got a more full and far redder all over body rash, really allover! the previous mild rash had disappeared with the adrenaline as had my Quasimodo features.
However my libedo was truely spiked by the prednisone in a nice pleasant way, so much so that I am thinking once all the other symptoms of the whatever I had contracted have passed ( I also quit the Prednisone now to) I might give the prednisone another go but at a lower dose. Maybe the rash will not reoccur once this all settles and I sure liked the enegy and the libedo kick from the predisone.
My only question is and I know I have researched prednisone previously that it is a bad thing and in the past avoided its prescription to me when asked.
So someone tell me I am silly for even thinking it or if used in a controlled way it could be beneficial?

Whose been there?
 
Prednisone increased my sex drive and appetite also at the start (I took it for pain/inflammation). But long term risks are adrenal insufficiency, bone loss, water retention, and decreased testosterone (for those not on TRT).

 

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