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Starting from how many milligrams of cortisol we can say that we are taking large dose of cortisol ? thanks drs =)
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Greater than between: 20 and 40 mg of prednisone equivalent or above is high dose(100 mg of hydrocortisone would be high dose)
Answered 6/7/2016
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