Prednisone vs prednisolone?

8 Sep 2011

Probably because doctors have more experience with Predisone than glucocorticoid. Medrol (Methylprednisolone) tends to have less side-effects, so this is also a popular steroid prescribed by doctors.

In my experience doctors usually are most comfortable prescribing medications that they've had long experience with, to avoid malpractice, and just in general because they are more comfortable prescribing medications that they know a lot about.

For example, my Psychiatrist refused to prescribe me Valium simply because he had bad experiences with former patients on the drug, which pissed me off royally, but nothing I could do about it.