Prednisolone 5mg/5ml syrup What Prednisolone is used for: Boosting your body with extra corticosteroids is an effective way to treat various illnesses involving inflammation in the body. Prednisolone reduces this inflammation, which could otherwise go on making your condition worse. Do not take Prednisolone if you: • are allergic to Prednisolone or any of the other ingredients of this medicine • have any infection, unless you are receiving specific treatment for it • are suffering from a herpes infection of the eye • are suffering from galactose or lactose intolerance or glucose-galactose malabsorption