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Should I Take Steroid For Skin Allergy?

My name is alyssa and i got prednisone prescribed to me from my doctor because i am brokin out on my face and chest he told me it looks like a skin allergy and told me to take two pills a day for 5 days 20mg I have not taking them yet cuz I m kind of nervous to take a steroid. what should i do ?
posted on Mon, 15 Jun 2015
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You dont have to worry as the dose prescribed to you wont cause any side effects. I would recommend you to take prednisolone for 5 days as it will definitely improve your skin allergy.
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Should I Take Steroid For Skin Allergy?

You dont have to worry as the dose prescribed to you wont cause any side effects. I would recommend you to take prednisolone for 5 days as it will definitely improve your skin allergy.