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Is it dangerous to lower predisone dosage quickly?
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Famously: It causes atrophy of the adrenal cortices and if you stop at once, and get stressed, you suddenly have no cortisol / glucocorticoid and this can kill you abruptly and surprisingly. I'm a pathologist; please accept my warning here and don't discontinue your rx suddenly.
Answered 10/9/2013
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