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Is it possible to feel symptoms return (or withdrawal) in a 1/2 mg taper from 5.5 mg to 5 mg after several days? i've been on prednisone for 1 yr?
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Withdrawal: After being on prednisone for a year it is very difficult to come off of the steroid without experiencing withdrawal pains of some sort
Answered 3/26/2018
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