Originally Posted by alice md

Where is the evidence for that?

I am not talking about abruptly stopping all medications in a dangerous way.

It took me nearly a year to cautiously decrease the dose of the steroids, even after I had no doubt that they only made my illness worse not better and I had a clear gradual improvement with every dose decrease. ( I went from being nearly bed-ridden and requiring respiratory support most of the day on 100 mg. every other day to being able to resume part time work when I was down to 10).