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#129 Steroids: 5 Pearls Segment

Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast

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How to Choose the Right Steroid for Your Indication

In general, we should pick steroids with the lowest potency in half-life that'll work for our chosen indication. Hydrocortisone is a direct physiologic analog of dexamethasone and adrenal sufficiency. It's also short-acting, so you can give it two or three times a day to mimic the physiologic secretion.

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