 [ Symptoms ] is there another medication besides prednisone that will take down inflammation caused by a severe case of vasculitis doctors have recently diagnosed this condition in my mother is lower stomach area prednisone treatment 40mg after 16 days has done nothing to ease the severe pain or nausea especially after eating actually the symptoms are getting worse and it seems she is giving up after a 1 year fight with this is there another medication she can be put on to take away the inflammation so she can have a stint put in please help me as i believe time is running out [ Disease ] otc energy pills and supplements contain a large amount of caffeine sometimes 2 3 times the amount of a cup of coffee depending on the brand by increasing your daily caffeine dosage you may be increasing your risk of caffeine addiction and too much of any stimulant has consequences for the body such as elevated blood pressure and an increased heart rate this could be dangerous i would use these products with caution or not at all the risk can be greater than the value of the short energy boosts they provide