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Fludrocortizone safe to take if you already have osteoporosis?
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Not great: In general steroids can cause osteoporosis or worsen it, so ideally if you have osteoporosis you should not take anything with steroid in it. Discuss with your doctor.
Answered 2/11/2016
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