Prednisone

[Dianne]

a drug that most people have a [love/hate relationship] with..it works quickly to calm inflammation and pain from things like asthma, [colitis], arthritis and so forth, but it makes you CRAZY. you cant sleep, your face gets puffy, you have the appetite of a ravenous bear and you want to bite everyones head off. You feel like you are coming out of your skin and yet you know you would rather live with the side effects than be sick but you hope you can get off of this stuff asap before the men in [white coats] come and get your ass.

[Dianne]

A synthetic drug similar to cortisone, used to relieve rheumatic and allergic conditions and to treat leukemia.

[Jessica]

an artificial steroid (= a medicine that helps to control inflammation in the body)