I went from 20 for 4 weeks, 17.5 for 4 weeks, 15 for 2 days and the pain came back. I’ve been back on 17.5 for 2 weeks, and tomorrow I am quartering my 5mg and taper to 16.25 mg. Sure would be easier if my doc would give me different milligrams of prednisone so I could taper on .5 mg. +|- as my needs adjust. She has me on a strict regime, assuming I will be able to just go down by 2.5 every 2 weeks. She doesn’t like that I am following a pain designated dosing. She doesn’t NOT understand the degree of pain! I believe doctors ignore pain patients because there is nothing they can do to help without rushing their license.