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#129 Steroids: 5 Pearls Segment

Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast

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The Role of Cortisol in Adrenal Insufficiency

The average daily cortisol production, if you take the mean, is seven milligrams per meter squared of body surface area. So that's kind of how we get to ultimately, well, how much physiologic dose for an average human, maybe 10 to 15 milligrams. In terms of duration, if someone's on a dose of steroid for less than two weeks, they would be at a low risk of developing adrenal insufficiency - probably at any dose.

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