How fast to taper off steroids?
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What your doctor is doing sounds fine.  The tapering off period would be longer if your son had been on the steroids for longer, so I wouldn't worry.\n\nHope this helps.
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If your trying to get off opiates like heroin or pain pills methodone is reccomended. I was on it for 6 months and kicked a 5 year habit, the only problem i ran into was that the clinic i went to which you have to go to every morning and earn "take home" privleges didn't seem to want to let me get off. Everytime I asked to drop my dose they told me it was bad and if I dropped more than 2mg a week they would take my take home privleges away I had earned weekends and Wed. My councelor was real with me and explained like I will explain to you, methodone is no fuckin' joke. Its real deal. You have to be serious and I know that sometimes you feel like your on a one way street. Hey you may relapse 20 times but when the time is right you will know and get clean. I detoxed off the methodone on father's day weekend without the help of the clinic, but the much needed support of my husband. I felt kind of crappy for about 2 days like there were bugs under my skin and now I have no tolerance to pain but being able to mark off a day clean everyday for about a year is the best high i've had. Keep Your Head Up, Your in my prayers.  check your local clinic in yellow pages under:substance abuse/recovery
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just stop gradually - cut pills in half, take a little less each day
1059593
It sounds to me that weight training does not fit into your plans so try this.Do a workout where you do one set of jumping jacks,one set of pushups,one set of situps.Do them in this order and repeat the cycle as many times as you see fit.Take minimal rest in between sets.I suggest a minimum of 5 sets but you can do more.Always make sure you are well hydrated and stretch AFTER every work out.Getting enough rest is important also so get your sleep,keep your protein intake high and don't workout every day.This can lead to elevated cortisol levels in those who do not use anabolic steroids ( wich I hope you do not).Hope this helps
912911
Your best bet is to down some pickle juice...and lots of it.  \n\nThe $40 detox screeners are bunk.
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depending on your metabolism and percentage of body fat, drugs take anywhere from 3 days to 14 days to be eliminated from a person's body.  drink water and help flush it out.  eat a healthy diet and try taking some goldenseal.  good luck
90813
never did herion but got some what addicted to methadone-methadose in 10mg pill form. started with 1 and worked my way up to 3 pills a day then switched back and forth between that and fentyanal patches 2-100mg patches for a 3 day period. i would cut back little by little every day. try to get by without getting sick or "HIGH". I was able to quit cold turkey with family help and disassociation w/drug friends
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Supposedly but it depends how you go about doing it.  For a short fast, it might be good to drink a lot of "cleansing" teas to help remove some of the toxins from your body.  \n\nGenerally it takes about two days to get rid of the superficial toxins, and as your blood sugar drops you'll get headaches and dizziness.  After two days this goes away and you'll feel clear and light, but a little weak. \n\nPast that it's an exercise in pure willpower.  Good for your spirit as well as your body, but not something you should do lightly.
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Without the idiotic use of illegal steroids, you can't get ripped quickly. I have joined a swim team (recreational, not competitive) and am developing a four-pack and a six is emerging. However, this took almost 100 days. Do Not i repeat, DO NOT use wait whatchers or similar. They may help, but their methods aren't always the healthiest. Eat atleast 3 fruits a day. Eating about a bag of carrots every other day I kept pounds off. To develop ripp slowly and the right way, start by bench-pressing 60lbs. and work your way up. Start with 5-pound dumb bells (these are cheap) and work up until you reach 15+ pounds. Start with 25 crunchers and sit-ups (a crunch simply crunches and stretches and warms up your abs) until you reach 50 pounds or higher. Make sure you use your dumbbells on your tricepts. Hard-core weights (the ones on a stick) are great for shoulders and again, bicepts. I know its slow, but within a year of doing this 3 times a week and once a week adding a day until you reach five days (anymore is unhealthy) you will bejust above average to  mister muscles. Good luck, and I hope these steps work as wel for you as they do for me.
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You don't mention if it was prescribed or not? If prescribed as a tablet then it should last for a few weeks, while on it, but if it was a slow release injection, then you could be in for a rough ride, for about 3 months. \n\nMy partner had a injection of slow release prednisolone (steriod) for allergic reaction, last year, and had 3 months of hell, his suger levels were all over the place, initially we thought it was because of the allergic reaction. He is insulin dependent diabetic.\n\nWhen we questioned our doctor and diabetes specialist, they said that it was the steriods. And would last for about 12 weeks. We were not to impressed, but there was not a lot we could do. \n\nPartner refuses to have it again, unless absolutely necessary.
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this is a fat soluble drug. in most humans the plasma half life or used to its weakest point is 24-36 hours for a good weekend benge or 1.5 hours for every .1 gram of drug. this drug is not tested by hair sample. this also depends on how much was taken and if the person is a chronic user or recreational. chronic use will dump faster. body size, skinny dumps quick and fluid intake will only decrees the cut off by about 3%. best thing is to eat a heavy meal, beef,starch etc. a few hours before your test. or just lay off until after your screen.
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Fortunately NO.  I too have developed a rash.  I first took Pred. for MS, after discontinuing I developed a rash any time I got too stressed out.  This, after 2 years has never resolved. The upshot, at least I know when I need to chill-out.  Overall, pred is evil, get to the gym, talk a walk, spend  extra time looking for stuff at the grocery...anything just get off that crap.  It is not a narcottic so tapering is not an issue.  Good Luck!!!!
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Sounds like you're on steroids. Without knowing about your specific disease, treatment and post-op course I can only give generic advise.\n\n1. Talk to MD about decreasing the dose\n2. See another MD for a second opinion\n\nYou say that the steroids haven't helped. You may be mistaken about this. What patients often fail to realize is just how bad symptoms MIGHT have become if they hadn't taken the steroids to begin with.
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Don't be anxious about stopping it.  It is advised to taper off.  Replace with natural if your worried about night sweats and such.  Your body expects the change in hormones.
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with or without steroids???????????
565705
well It takes time for that to go.U can repigment it back with moderate strength of topical steroid like Betnovate cream once a day
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I would say using a steroid such as sustanon. I know a lot of people who worked out and tried everything but still saw no results hardly. One person took one cycle of Sustanon 250 and put on 20 lbs of muscle in 5 weeks. When he got off of the cycle he only lost about 5-7 lbs of the muscle he gained. It was unbeleivable. It is not expensive if you compare it to how much you would spend on creatine, protein shakes etc. You can pass a drug test on it also because it is testosterone and your body allready produces it. Where to get it? Look around at the gym. ALL the big guys are on it. No matter what they claim.