{"id":905028,"date":"2026-09-25T13:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/905028\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T13:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:40:08","slug":"heres-what-the-drug-prednisone-does-to-your-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/905028\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s what the drug prednisone does to your body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"NIMSWZ3YQVD5PBZWPR3OEVPWEI\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">Almost since it hit the market in 1955, prednisone has been recognized as a double-edged sword, delivering both key benefits and significant risks. The drug mimics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2025\/02\/17\/cortisol-levels-high\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2025\/02\/17\/cortisol-levels-high\/\">cortisol<\/a> \u2014 a corticosteroid, or hormone produced by the adrenal glands, which are located on the top of the kidneys \u2014 dampening inflammation: the cause of pain, swelling and other symptoms of many chronic conditions and acute reactions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Almost since it hit the market in 1955, prednisone has been recognized as a double-edged sword, delivering both&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":905029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[64,63,137,490],"class_list":["post-905028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-health","tag-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/905029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}