my father was prescribed omnacortil 100 for a week due to cancerous lungs and COPD. after a week it was reduced to omnacortil 50, then 40mg after another week and then 20mg. he is sufferring from dizzines, bodyache, headache and insomnia. please suggest.
Hi, Thanks for writing in. The medicine omnacortil is prednisolone which is a steroid. This is a Chat Doctor.  It is to be reduced slowly and that is the reason his doctor has given it as 100 mg, 50 mg, 40 mg and 20 mg. This is to reduce the appearance of side effects due to stopping treatment with steroids. Since he is having cancer lung and COPD therefore the dizziness, body ache, headache and insomnia can be due to the stopping of treatment with steroids. The anti-inflammatory activity of steroids is not present and there is recurrence of symptoms due to disease. Please discuss with his doctor to find alternative measures to treat his symptoms.