Prednisolone is a medicine that regulates the body’s immune system to change inflammatory and allergic responses. It belongs to a class of drugs known as corticosteroids and is used to treat conditions including rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis and asthma.
One of the side effects of the medicine is an increased risk of infection due to the changes it causes in immune response. Thus individuals taking this medicine must be particularly cautious of exposure to infectious diseases like measles.
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