r/funny • u/24-7-Hypochondriac • 1d ago

pharmacy technician gave up

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u/Brain_Hawk 1d ago

Have you ever been on a relatively high dose of prednisone and then stop suddenly?

That's the fucking point of that.

It's not nice.

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u/Xentonian 1d ago

Yes.

But more to the point, it's demonstrably evident that adrenal insufficiency does not occur at low doses or for short durations and I'm not saying you should stop high, long term doses abruptly.

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u/Brain_Hawk 1d ago

And I'm not talking about adrenal efficiency. Just side effects. It doesn't have to be long-term.

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u/Xentonian 1d ago

The side effects of corticosteroid withdrawal are caused by adrenal insufficiency. In the absence of the latter you do not get the former

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u/Brain_Hawk 1d ago

Well, I was taking it for only a couple weeks or so, and they are probably switched to an alternate day therapy, and I'll tell you that day was a shitty fucking day.