Please Help ! Made A Mistake During Taper Of Prednisone

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Hey guys I was tapering prednisone and I was at 20mg and by mistake I took 30mg (I thought the pill was 10mg pills).

What should I do?
Should I skip the next dose for the next hours, any suggestions?

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Hi Michael! What did you end up doing?

The only suggestion I would've been able to make, had I read your post sooner, was to check with your doctor or pharmacist.

Tapering off of steroids has to be done very carefully, so I am not sure how much taking the wrong dosage and going back up would screw things up.

You can learn more Prednisone details here.

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Call your Doctor or your pharmacist. They will know how to handle this.

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