I have done about 10 or 15 7-day or 10-day pred tapers over the years for my asthma with no long-term negative side effects. Sometimes it's just necessary. But if the doctor wanted to put me on for longer than 7 or 10 days (once I did 14), I would try to find another solution. Good luck!

In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. -Albert Camus