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19 days post op lap surgery for endometrosis . is it safe to start my 5 mg predinsone ?

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Why are you on predn: We can not answer you question - after 19 days you have tapered off technically. You need to ask your physician if you really need the prednisone.

Answered 5/9/2016

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