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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: 6 days ago | Replies (28)
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I am so very happy for you @susan63 and wish you all the best with your recovery!
Sounds like its been a difficult long journey for you!
How were you able to cut your pill into 1/4 mg? My 1 mg are so small already that cutting in halves is challenging.
I also have been trying to wean off but as soon as I reach 7.5 mg I flare up and have to go back up to 12.5 mg. I still have morning stiffness at that dose but manageable. So once I hit 10 mg again I'll try going down by 1mg instead of 2.5. It has been trial and error. My biggest one was in trying to rush getting off it.
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Buy a pill splitter. I am also decreasing by 1/4 mg every two weeks or more. Down to 1mg.
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I have a pill cutter that I used. It takes some practice and takes time but you can cut down the 1 mg pills. Once I hit 10 mg I tapered by 1. Once I hit 7 I tapered by .5 and then once I hit 5 I tapered by .25 . I did it this way because I got really close at the two year mark to getting off and had a big flare and then it took awhile before I was ready to try and start retapering. So I decided to go super slow and hope that tiny reductions would work.