Coping with Prednisone (And Other Cortisone-Related Medicines): It May Work Miracles, but How Do You Handle the Side Effects, by Eugenia Zukerman, Julie R. Ingelfinger, MD, St. Martin’s Griffin, ISBN-10-0312-19570-2. Available through multiple retailers. Approximate price: $11.00. This book is written specifically for patients who must take steroid medications to control other medical conditions, however Cushing’s patients have also found it useful. The book deals with weight, depression and other side effects of steroid medications.