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Wrong tree, so stop your barking. Prednisone is a powerful medicine with some powerful side effects. But it is life-saving for many conditions. If you ever have to take it, you would understand. This is not drug addiction and let's not drop to the same level as the RATs on this one. The dosage must be tapered off slowly or very serious side effects can occur. No matter what you feel about Jerry Lewis, this is neither the time or the place...

Get real! I guess we NEED the < sarcasm > tag around here?! It was a simple light-hearted jest.

"Prednisone is a powerful medicine..." What do you call the MEDICINE Rush was on that he got hooked on? Which side of that issue were you on there?

"This is not drug addiction" you claim ... What is the definition of an addiction then? Or should I say - WHICH definition of an addiction do you agree with? Who is an addict?

"If you ever have to take it, you would understand." I have the same prescription that Rush had. I have a STANDING prescription for 3 pills/day -- that's 90+/month -- That's 1095 pills / yr! Do YOU understand?

The doctors know full well what happens to patients that have chronic pain. Hopefully the Adolor (ADLR) non-narcotic medication that is in it's PHASE 3 testing now proves to be with little side effects.

BTW - you don't know other side effects of narcotic use - very embarassing condition called bowel narcosis. when you swallow a pill, it "medicates" ALL THE WAY through you.