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A member asked:
Dr has me on 40mgs a day prednisone for 5days, no taper. will i likely have bad fatigue, side effects when i stop it? going from 40 to none sounds bad
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Prednisone burst: Short bursts of high dose corticosteroids don't require a taper as opposed to chronic use of medium to high doses.
Answered 10/28/2016
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