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Have crohn's disease. was on 40mg pred. tapered 5mg weekly. currently on last day of 5mg. do i need to taper by 2.5mg? i was told to stop at 5mg?
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No: you don‘t have to go down to 2.5 before stopping. 5mg is the usual stopping dose
Answered 3/15/2016
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