Long term side effects of short-term prednisone use? took 60,60,40,40,20,20,10,10 mg for migraine. expect any longterm effects?

Relatively safe: Prednisone can be very effective for migraine headaches that fail to respond to other medications. Prednisone has many potential serious side effects if taken for a long time, but is relatively safe if taken for only a few days.

COMMENTS: A good approach to break up a chronic daily headache pattern. Unlikely to experience any long-term consequences of 8 days of high dose steroids, but if you were to use over several weeks to months, risk rises for osteoporosis, anti-cholinergic effects, glaucoma, cataracts, avascular necrosis of shoulder, hip, or knee, etc. You are at extremely low risk.

No: Not with short term. Explore other options including Botox injection before multiple courses of steroids.