Yesterday my doctor gave me a prescrip for Prednisone for my arthritis. The pain is getting hard to control. He thinks I'll have good luck with it. Frankly, I'm scared of it. Just wondering if any one has taken it.

I am to take one pill a day for 5 days then half a pill for 15.

I did have a dog years ago who had sezures and took it. She took massive doses for several years. It affected her liver and it exploded more or less.
Help?