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Steroids should ideally only be used for a short period of time to get over a flare-up or while long term treatments, such as azathioprine, become established.
If you are starting a course of steroids, then you should complete the full reducing course, which is generally prescribed for eight weeks. You should NOT stop on your own accord even if you are feeling better. If you have been using steroids for more than a few weeks (or a week in the case of prednisone 40 mg per day or more) you will need to gradually reduce the dose before stopping completely.
Your IBD team will carefully guide you on this.
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