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I wish you well in your journey. I am prednisone free almost two weeks. I was on prednisone for eight months . Initially 60 mg were prescribed for me because I also had GCA and PMR. Following anti-inflammatory diet for several months now recently added some stretching exercises. And switched from Tylenol to ibuprofen to manage any PMR or tapered down pain that I might have. I want to have my cortisol levels tested so I will contact my endocrinologist soon. Hoping the adrenaline gland is not suppressed too much and insufficient. So far so good.
Your rheumatologist sounds sensible to me. Better than people who advise increasing prednisone for niggles of pain as we are trying to taper off prednisone. My rheumatologist also said I shouldn't expect to be completely pain free.
It is incredible that my rheumatologist says I can still take Prednisone if I need to after so many years of trying to taper off Prednisone. It isn't like Prednisone has been banned and I will never be prescribed it ever again. Knowing this also makes it easier to taper off Prednisone. I actually have a prescription for Prednisone to take "as needed" for unexpected flares when I travel.
That reminds me ... NSAIDS were contraindicted when I was on both Prednisone and warfarin. It would probably be okay it I wanted to take an NSAID now because I'm no longer taking Prednisone and warfarin.