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Has anyone ever done a taper with one day on and one day off at a 2.5 mg. dose? He has tapered from 25 mg down to the 2.5 over a course of 9 months. My husband's doctor has told him to do this for a month. It seems like a drastic schedule to me. Honestly after reading so many stories of how long it took to taper I am really concerned. Thanks everyone.

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There was some old research that alternate day dosing was helpful when a patient had adrenal insufficiency. Supposedly when your cortisol level drops low enough without a replacement dose of Prednisone that would be a clue for the adrenals to produce cortisol. I don't think those studies were ever validated.

I tried doing alternate day dosing when I thought PMR was in remission. It wasn't that drastic but I wouldn't recommend doing that if you are still having symptoms. My endocrinologist wasn't opposed to me trying alternate day dosing but not as a fixed schedule if I started to have symptoms on the day I didn't take my dose. My endocrinoloist warned me that it could be dangerous if my adrenals weren't able to produce enough cortisol.

Also, I was on a biologic that controlled PMR when I tried alternate day dosing.