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My doctor told me to predisone at 4 pm, why such a specific time?

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Dr. Robert Kent answered

Specializes in Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine

Not sure exactly: But we have specific patterns of steroid release through out the day and, depending on your pathology, your doc may be wanting to tweak your steroid levels at a specific time to help cover the troughs of steroid levels. This is probably dependent and specific to you and what you were given the steroid for.

Answered 3/16/2014

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