Female 77 taking 3mg prednisone for rheumatoid arthritis and now has to take levaquin for cellulitis infection of foot and leg would taking the prednisone increase risks of side effects from levaquin. should prednisone be stopped? or does it help?

3 mgs of prednisone is a very low dose and ,in my opinion, has little impact on the immune system's ability to interfere with levaquin's potential side effects or it's efficacy against the bacteria causing cellulitis. I don't recommend stopping the prednisone. You may ask your physician or rheumatologist if he/she agrees.

A multitude of details will be needed for a firm recommendation, such as, duration of treatment for prednisone, previous experiences with levaquin as antibiotic, how severe the infection is and so on. I agree that the dose of Prednisone is so low that it might not need to be adjusted. Having your rheumatologist’s opinion will be best otherwise.