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What's the difference between taking prednisone once a day or multiple times a day? why spread it out?
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The effect is not different for single or divided dose but the stomach tolerates divided dose better in case of very high dose.
Answered 2/28/2022
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Many yrs ago, a study from Johns Hopkins Hospital noted a substantial decease in steroid side effects when ingested once daily as contrasted to twice or thrice daily
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