> rather than once one has started to taper down? (Currently
> 40mgs, which will be my maintenance dose indefinitely.)
At 40 mg per day you will have, I believe, chubby cheeks forever.
I don't know about short term high doses. I do know about long term
use. Twenty years ago I was on 40 mg for years. The chubby cheeks
didn't go away until sometime in the last few years when my daily
dose dropped into the few-a-day range. The body makes about seven a
day, and I am on 2.5 now.
Chubby cheeks are not a serious problem. The things that 40 will do
to your bones, tendons, eyes, and veins are serious. "My memory", an
oxymoron, is that you are young, with many years to absorb the damage.
Alton
