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Feelings when tapering: My journey
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: 2 days ago | Replies (57)Comment receiving replies
I too recently was prescribed 40 mgs for 5 days with no taper. I actually posted a question here asking whether I’d have side effects from stopping 40 mgs so abruptly. The consensus here was I’d be fine and sure enough I was.
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I guess the thinking is that 5 days is not long enough to completely shut down your adrenal glands, so no taper is necessary to wake them up. However, most pmr cases seem to require at least a couple of months of prednisone to chase the pmr away. At that point, your adrenals glands have shut down and need time to reawaken. That has been my experience anyway. Starting at 10mg, I am now at 1 to .5mg after a year. Only one minor flare that did not disrupt the plan. Good luck!