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That's an exceptionally good result and I agree that it is what we would all hope for in terms of remission. For many of us though the doctors see remission as normal inflammatory markers and drop the dose by 10% or more (say from 15 mg to 14 mg) and quickly the inflammatory markers shoot up again. In my case I went from 10 mg (after months of successful reductions) to 9.5 mg and CRP went from normal to 28. I am now back up to 16 mg after 3 months of increasing the dose to try to get the inflammation markers back to the normal range.

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I would wonder if you were ever on a high enough dose for long enough to beat it down so you could taper more successfully.
It is a tough game, for sure, and there is no standard game plan works for everyone. Good luck !