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Hey,

steroids, like Prednisone, can cause the swelling of different tissues (or moon face also). But remember that all those scary side effects that are listed for each drug, are very unlikely to occur. All drugs potentially have side-effects. So if you take an additional drug to make sure you don't get moon face, you are taking the risk of getting all sorts of side-effects from that drug that was supposed to prevent Prednisone side-effects... see what I mean?

Of course, if you have already tried Prednisone and did get moon face, ask your doc for alternative medication. If you take Prednisone to treat an allergy, you can mabye switch to a non-steroid antihistaminic drug. Ask your doc.

Good luck,

Papitou

Yes there are water pills to take care of this issue, but you need to speak to your doctor about taking them as they are prescribed by a doctor.