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My 83 year old mother start steroid prednisone 7.5 mg, three days ago. she wants to stop taking it. what is safest and best way to taper off of it?
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Ask MD: Esther physician who prescribed it what it is for it's probably important to take it. Prednisone taken less than two weeks can be stopped immediately if the doctor tells
Answered 5/23/2015
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