Is prednisone the same as hydrocortisone?

No. Prednisone is not the same as cortisol.

Cortisol cortisol Cortisol, the steroid hormone, in the glucocorticoid class of hormones, and is produced in humans by the zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex within the adrenal gland wikipedia.

Prednisone prednisone Prednisolone (the sodium phosphate salt form of prednisolone, a synthetic glucocorticoid with anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating properties) wikipedia.

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