Steroid enduced glucoma

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Asked for Male, 46 Years

Earlier due to some steroid eye drops my IOP was increased and I was declared steroid responder and advised to use steroids with caution. Now I have been prescribed to take prednisolone 32 mg for 6 days to treat nerve pain after spine surgery. I am afraid of taking this medicine. Please help me as nerve irritation or inflammation pain is so disturbing that I am almost bed ridden. Also fear of IOP. Please advise what should I do. If any substitute medicine of same effect with minimum risk available.

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