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If i overdosed on prednisone last night, can i die?

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

Unlikely!: Best bet is you did not sleep. We use doses of methyprednisolone or Dexamethasone at doses equivalent to 1000mg of Prednisone by IV administration to treat severe flares in lupus, or to sometimes treat vasculitis. I doubt you took so much.

Dr Seely agreed

Answered 6/30/2014

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