when I've had oral prednisone, I would try to swallow them about 2 at a time with a huge drink of water. When you start out with six 10mg pills, you need a big glass of water. The pills always seem to be really dusty and the nasty taste is overpowering. I need a lot of water to make those pills go down.

I also dont take them on an empty stomach. I usually have either some applesauce or yogurt (Yoplait) to eat right after taking the pills so I can hopefully get the nasty taste of the oral prednisone to go away quickly.

My doctor has given me prescription Prevacid for the tummy issues.

The two times that I've had IVSM, the only thing that would take the taste of the steroids away was garlicky foods. I probably have to be careful with that because a lot of the garlicky foods that I like are also salty foods. Salty food and steroids, not a good combo.

Oh, and I also found some green apple candy that's good for taking the steroid taste away, but it's sugary so I have to not eat tons of that either.