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Old 07-02-2008, 09:10 PM
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I had the swollen face, too, when I was on the oral steroids. It's such a bad side effect. The ones nobody can see are bad enough...

I think it took maybe a week or so after I finished my tapered dose that I noticed the swelling going down. It doesn't last forever - it just seems like it does.
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