Hi Monica:

I might be thrashed severely for posting this, but maybe this might help you...

I am also on Prednisone and have to deal with skin problems too, especially bad and very painful in the scalp sometimes. I have no idea why it causes acne, but wonder if the hormone connection could be a possibility. When it comes out on my face, it just sits there red and VERY sore.

I am on Doxycycline nearly all of the time, and also oral Nystatin. The antibiotic helps keep the skin and GI problems down, the oral Nystatin helps keep down candida in the GI tract, from too many antibiotics and also too much Prednisone...

I almost hate to post this, since long term antibiotics are not ideal to be on. I have been on PLENTY of others. This though also seems to have some effect on on my ability to reduce my Prednisone. I can only hope that I am not killing my liver...

I think my Dermatologist put me on this first, but I cannot remember.

Cathie