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Any Tips For Tapering Off Prednisone?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Sep 5 9:44am | Replies (79)
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That's my situation now at 7 mg. Most days I'm very stiff and painful in my shoulders when I wake up since going down to 7, but it usually subsides as the day wears on. Three more days then I drop down to 6 mg. Seriously considering staying at 7 a while longer because of how the PMR has reared its ugly head but so want to taper to 4 or hopefully zero.

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megz | @megz | Sep 4 5:41pm

Can you do a week or more of dosing at 7/6.5/7/6.5 to do a smaller reduction than dropping straight to 6.5mg? It really isn't hard cutting the 1mg pills in half. If that works okay you could drop to 6.5mg every day for a bit. The advice to reduce by no more than 10% dose at a time under 10mg works for many. Other people alternate days of 7/6/7/6 to get an overall reduction to 6.5mg.

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