To Christopherc:
Don’t know if your comment was meant for me or not, my taper to 7.5 mg prednisone was slow and I have been on that dose for a couple of months now, just waiting for pulmonary doc to ok the Actemra my rheumatologist wants me to take. He would like to avoid more prednisone if possible because of my osteoporosis. I also have a complex history of inflammatory arthritis, osteoarthritis in addition to my PMR! I’m also sensitive to NSAIDS so I generally stay away from those. On one occasion that I was put on Meloxicam I had to be on a gastric protective drug, carafate concurrently- this worked well at the time for an acute flare of my inflammatory arthritis.