BetsyIt means "as necessary" The label would say something like "Take as needed for adrenal insufficiency". It’s likely the same thing as on a vial of solu-cortef which are usually written as PRN. "Take as needed" is tough thing to argue with.
While I have always known about this this loophole in prescribing meds, it was only after I got sick a few weeks back that I revisited it. My pharmacist was laughing when I came in with several different scripts for different dosages of prednisone--each for 5-10 pills, all written to take as needed. I told him I was opening up a prednisone stand at the end of my driveway.
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