I have been taking prednisone for 15 years or so. I have tried tapering to get off the prednisone many times and even got down to 1.5mg at one point several years ago. However, it seemed that the PMR symptoms came back and I ended up going back to 20mg or so and then tapering back down over time. I am now at 3.5 mg and have been there for several years. My rheumatology Dr. noted that it would be fine, health-wise, to just stay at the current dose. I would like to get rid of the prednisone all together and try tapering off again slowly. Having gone through this so many times I am a bit reluctant to try again and the then have to go back up to a large dose and then take months to taper back down.
Any suggestions or recommendations as to whether to just stay at the 3.5mg or try and taper slowly, maybe 0.5 mg every couple of weeks?