Systemic Steroid Taper

Steroids are a core medication controlling your underlying disease, so they must never be stopped or reduced on your own. Herbal medicine is often used alongside such medications, but it is essential that you disclose all medications and supplements you are taking, including steroids, as a basic safety measure. In particular, since steroids affect blood sugar, blood pressure, and electrolytes, the prescription must be designed with these factors in mind.

Our Korean Medicine Clinic's Perspective

At Dongjedang, we check your steroid use and other medications during the visit to design a prescription that avoids interactions, and we also advise on how to space out dosing times. Tapering always proceeds only on the schedule your prescribing doctor leads, and herbal medicine's role is to cushion the fatigue, pain, and poor condition that arise during that process. Korean medicine never makes the decision to reduce or stop your medication.