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#129 Steroids: 5 Pearls Segment

Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast

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How to Wean Steroids to Prevent Adrenal Insufficiency

If you're giving steroids for longer periods of time, you can rapidly weed down to about 20 milligrams of prednisone equivalent. And then we need more slowly and consider switching to shorter acting and less potent glucocorticoids like hydrocortizone if possible. I don't know when or what dose of a steroid wean that we really start to be concerned about this.

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