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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Nov 9 8:45am | Replies (28)
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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.
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Were you tapering every 4 or 6weeks. I definitely will taper by 0.5 once I am on 5mg every 4 weeks but will go to 6 weeks if needed. Love my pill cutter. Can I ask what you learnt over the 4 years? So happy for you.
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Thank you @susan63 that helps. I have a pill cutter as well but perhaps I need to look at getting a different one. Mine is super finicky and cutting a 5mg pill in half is already a challenge. I read that liquid prednisone is an option. I wonder if that would be easier dosage wise.
Does anyone have any experience with liquid prednisone?