Her face was less puffy today, so wondered if she d/c prednisone? Would lowering the dose cause this side effect?
I am not a doctor, just a retired firefighter who went on thousands of calls with people who had congestive heart failure who were taking corticosteroids. I was also prescribed prednisone myself to treat a bad poison oak exposure. One of the complications with prednisone or other corticosteroid drugs is that they start with smaller doses and then the dosage is increased gradually; when the patient is taken off them, they decrease the dosages gradually.
Corticosteroids are very hard on the body when taken long term. To me Hillary's appearance has been taking a definite downturn over the past few months. Ironically, this is likely because she is trying to do everything possible to conceal her problems by demanding that her doctors give her whatever drugs will improver her appearance and/or hide her problems.
It would be unusual for her doctors to radically changed her drug regimen over a very short time period; but who knows they may have added a powerful diuretic to decrease her puffiness. She is probably desperate to conceal her condition with whatever treatment that will help make her look healthier. She most likely is willing to take chances to get through the next month. The possibility that she will have a serious episode is very real.