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What are the harms of prednisone if i only take 2.5mg tablets daily?

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Dr. Nancy Klimas answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Immunology

A bit: Safer every other day, if you make your adrenal work harder every other day it won't shrink down and reduce your "adrenal reserve". In fact it's probably safer at 5 mg every other day if need be for this reason. Talk to your doctor about this possibility.

Answered 6/22/2017

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Risk is low: This is a very low dose so the risk is also low.

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Answered 5/26/2013

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