What are the effects of using predisone long term.

Breakdown in body: Prednisone as much as it is a disease modifying and often life saving medication long term use causes: cataracts, hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis, peptic ulcer disease, thining of the skin with easy bruising, atherosclerosis or clogging of arteries, high cholesterol, redistribution of fat in the body to midline upper body , face looks round(cushingoid). Adrenal gland can fail.