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Taken 6 dexona steroid injection during covid treatment. I wanted to know till how many days this steroid stays in human body?
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One shot stays in the system for around 36-72 hrs.
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The half life of dexamethasone is 36 to 72 hours, it usually takes around 5 half lives for a drug to be completely eliminated from your system. So, it would be around 15 days in this case.
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