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Weaning myself from predezone. started at 15 mg now down to 8 mg. is it possible to get off of predezone and be cured from inflamation?
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It depends: As in it depends on the cause of the inflammation. Some forms of inflammation are temporary like that related to infections and some forms like from autoimmune diseases are quite chronic and in more severe cases require long-term, if not life long, steroid therapy - just be aware that is rare!
Answered 8/15/2014
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