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Is it common to give initial dose 100 mg prednisone then 50 msg x5days no tapering needed??
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Short term steroid use is rarely followed by tapering. Tapering is used when suppression of the bodies' natural steroid production is shut down by long term use of the medication (weeks/months). That does not happen with a weeklong course.
Answered 1/1/2023
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