Short course of prednisone for back pain. . Some consultants recommend short term corticosteroid treatment such as prednisone 50 . . . . I have had a number of cortisone injections along with a short course of prednisone for chronic back pain. . . . . . . . Defines the medication prednisone (Deltasone, Liquid Pred . . . . I am grateful for prednisone and pain . . . . . . . or back pain . . . Diagnosis was pleural effusion with subsegmental atelectasis. . recently discontinued corticosteroids w... more