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Can you take prednisone and symbicort (budesonide and formoterol) together?

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Dr. Douglas Arenberg answered

Specializes in Pulmonary Critical Care

Yes: Are you taking both of these for your lungs? Typically inhaled steroids are used to prevent the need for oral steroids, but occasionally both are prescribed together to treat a severe exacerbation of asthma, for example.

Answered 7/25/2019

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