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Does long term prednisone use lower testosterone? and if so, will it rise back to normal levels after tapering off?
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Maybe . . .: While Prednisone is a corticosteroid, unlike testosterone which is an anabolic steroid, at least one study suggests that taking Prednisone may be linked to lower testosterone levels. Check out http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pubmed/7983641.
Answered 9/28/2016
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