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Originally Posted by ChiliConCarnage
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Does anyone have the full study, because that Reuters article is not precise in its wording. The study dose was 6mg. Five mg of prednisone is equivalent to 0.75 mg of dexamethasone, which means that the study dose is equivalent to 40mg of predinose a day. That's not pulse dosing for organ rejection, but it's also not a "low" dose.
And before we even get started on "give this to everyone", this is not something you would want to take prophylactically. If you take corticosteroids for more than a week you begin to experience adrenal suppression due to the exogenous source of corticosteroids (and there are many other side effects as well).
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