Discussion: My attending physician prescribed me prednisone following severe bronchitis symptoms. I felt significant relief when I took the drug, but my condition worsened considerably when I stopped.

Prednisolone is a synthetic corticosteroid hormone that mimics the action of the natural hormone cortisol, which is 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 COPD disease! They only temporarily suppress the symptoms at the painful cost of sustained damage to the immune system. I recommend you read the article about natural healing from COPD in the attached link.

Link: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, including Smoking Cessation Methodology.
https://www.sf-healing.com/page/188 (Copy & Paste)