What kind of pills or treatment can somebody get for addison's disease?

Depends: Usually Fludrocortisone and a regular cortisone like Prednisone or Hydrocortisone is what is used. Depends on the severity and type of mineral imbalance caused by this rare type of adrenal disease and insufficiency.

Steroid pills: Addison's disease affects adrenal glands which normally produce important hormones -- glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids. These can be replaced by taking pills -- in physiologic doses. Labs need to be monitored. Untreated addison's can be life threatening.

Very serious: Addison's disease is a failure of the adrenal glans d which provides life-threatening disease as there no steroid production.......Replacement hormones must be given and there are other things that occur with it as hypothyroidism, B12 deficiency and vitilgo. Medical attention is crucial.

Cortisol replacement: Hydrocortisone, prednisone, and Dexamethasone are generally the medication used to treat addison's disease. They're taken orally.