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Tapering of cortesteroid
I was on treatment for oral fungal infection in which i was prescribed antifungal medicine along with deflazacort 6..i took deflazacort 6 twice a day for a week and then once a day for two weeks..i was uncomfortable with the medicine as i was having severe acid reflux so i stopped every medicine.. i want to know stopping deflazacort 6 in such a manner can cause any serious problem or not? I repeat i took it twice a day for a week and then once a day for two weeks and then stopped
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Dr. Jaimini Thakkar
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
6 yrs exp
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it's mild steroid so it will not give major side effects.
continue anti fungal.
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Dr. Atul Kumar Nimawat
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
6 yrs exp
Udaipur
Hi, I am Dr. Atul Kumar Nimawat MS ENT
Stopping Deflazacort after 3 weeks at 6 mg is generally safe. It is not long or strong enough to cause dangerous steroid withdrawal. The reflux was a side effect, not a withdrawal effect. The oral fungal infection may still need antifungal medicines, but you do not need to worry about serious complications from stopping the steroid.
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Dr. Baisali Sarkar
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
13 yrs exp
Kolkata
In general it need to be tapered and stopped.
Suddenly stopping steroid medication can cause serious side effects, including a life-threatening adrenal crisis.
When you take steroids for more than a few weeks, your adrenal glands produce less of their natural hormones, like cortisol.
An abrupt stop doesn't give your adrenal glands time to recover, leading to a shortage of necessary hormones.
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