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By TRENTACINQUE | Mar 01, 2013

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prednisolone

i have accidentaly taken 100mg of prednisolone in one dose. i meant to take only 20mg. i was supposed to be taking 30mg in total next day. what should i do?

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S. Kaul, MD

Mar 04, 2013

To: TRENTACINQUE

Hi there!

A single high dose should not do much harm; just skip the next dose and take the third dose as prescribed. However this is just for emergency and high doses should be avoided and medications should only be taken as prescribed by your doctor.
Hope this is helpful.

Take care!

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