Discussion: My attending physician prescribed me prednisone following severe inflammatory symptoms. I did feel a significant relief when I was taking the drug, but my condition worsened considerably when I stopped.

Patients with chronic liver diseases often suffer from multiple inflammations. The liver has a significant effect on the immune system. Long-term steroid use weakens the liver even more!

Prednisolone is a synthetic corticosteroid hormone that mimics the natural cortisol action secreted by the adrenal gland when needed. The hormone prednisone suppresses the immune system's activity and thus improves the various inflammatory symptoms. Medicine makes extensive use of steroids in a wide variety of medical conditions. (Autoimmune diseases, cancer, transplant patients, COPD, and a wide range of inflammatory diseases, including COVID-19.) However, steroids have severe side effects from prolonged use. Most importantly - steroids do not cure the disease! They only temporarily suppress the symptoms at the painful cost of sustained damage to the immune system.

Link: Chronic Liver Diseases and Cirrhosis.
https://www.sf-healing.com/page/121 (Copy & Paste)