Does 'Prednisolone' cure Chest Infections?

Question

'Prednisolone' is also known as Solone. This is a Steroid Medication.

Answer 1

If you have a bacterial infection you need antibiotics.  If it is viral only time and rest will help you.  Prednisone will relieve the symptoms sooner and make you feel better.  Don't take it too long because it is a steroid.    A common way to take it is to take 7 pills the first day, and decrease it by one pill every day until you are no longer taking it.

Answer 2

Steroids do NOTHING but help the symptoms.  They do NOT cure anything.  If anything at all, they destroy your adrenals.  

Answer 3

It will not cure anything.  Prednisone is a steroid. It will open the lungs up and help a person breath better, especially with asthma or bronchitis! :)

Answer 4

Corticosteroids like Prednisolone and its related drugs will not help infections. Infections are normally caused by bacteria, and require antibiotics to be cured. In the case of viral infections, there is no cure other than the body's own immune system or some anti-viral medications.

Steroids of this type are used for inflammatory and auto-immune diseases, for which they can be very effective. They do have adverse side-effects such as shutting down your adrenal glands because these glands normally produce your own supply of natural corticosteroids, and reduce their production to compensate while you take the drugs.

This is why "tapering" - the gradual reduction in the dose of steroids - is very important. As you reduce the dose, your adrenal glands recover and start functioning properly again.

Answer 5

No. It is a steroid. It helps decrease swelling and inflammation but it does not fight infection.