Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | Border Collie | Male | unneutered | 10 months and 25 days old | 34.17 lbs
How long is 'long term' use of steroids? Am looking at this as my 3 yr old border collie has been on prednisone since he was 6 months old for SRMA
1 Answer
Published on June 26th, 2017
I would define "long-term" steroid use as anything longer than 6 months. Some dogs need to be on prednisone or other steroids for many years (or even their whole lives) to control autoimmune diseases such as SRMA.
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