Hello @debbiebas216, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @megz and others. I was started at 20mg dose for both of my occurrences of PMR. I think the average starting dose is 12.5 to 20 mg but can be higher if the rheumatologist/doctor suspect GCA in addition to the PMR. You might consider asking your doctor to prescribe prednisone pills in the 10mg, 5mg, 2.5mg and 1mg. That makes it much easier when tapering your dosage when you start feeling better. Also, if you haven't started keeping a daily log with your level of pain when you first get up along with your dosage for the day, you might want to start one.

Some members have found it helpful to split their dose morning and evening or late afternoon. I always took mine first thing in the morning with my blood pressure meds and my PMR pain was gone within a few hours until the next morning.