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A member asked:
Why are some people so sensitive to predisone decrease? i drop 2.5 mg (sometimes even just 1mg and can feel my symptoms return (chest pain, joint pain)?
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Individual: Each person is quite different in how they react to essentially all drugs.
Answered 4/5/2013
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Depends: It depends on a lot factors such as how active the disease is that is being treated. Sometimes Prednisone sparing medications are used to help wean off of prednisone.
Answered 6/30/2014
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