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Today i got my testosterone levels checked and forgot to mention that i was on day 3 of a 5 day course of prednisone. will it matter?

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Dr. Richard Zimon answered

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Nope: testosterone levels not affected by short courses of steroids! Hope this helps Dr z

Dr Liang agreed

Answered 3/27/2017

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