Anyone who has suffered from inflammatory or autoimmune conditions like Crohn s disease lupus or gout must be familiar with oral steroids or corticosteroids. Unlike other medication steroids follow a strict protocol. There is no rule for starting a course of steroids but there one for bringing it to a stop. Patients who have been on steroids for a longer duration hate what the drugs do to their bodies. Long term usage of the drug causes some undesirable side effects like swelling of the face unnatural distribution of body fat thinning of skin constant hunger and weak bones. Some patients
