I was just diagnosed with PMR about 4 months ago and started 30 mg of prednisone. Took my pain all away. After about 1 month my Dr suggested reducing it, down 5 mg at a time for a month at a time. I noticed a small amount of pain started even with the first decrease but thought maybe it would go away once I got adjusted. Got down to 15 mg for a week and couldn't stand the pain so I increased back up to 20 mg for another week and the pain just kept increasing. I went up again to 25 and still had pain every day. Now, I'm back to 30mg right where I started!! So frustrating!! My pain hasn't gone away yet but it seems to be somewhat better. If I do too much one day because I'm feeling better, then I certainly pay for it the next day!!! I feel like my body is going to blow up from the swelling, weight gain etc from the prednisone!! I can't wait to get off this crap but I also don't want the pain. My Dr. says we need to be slower on the reduction, either time wise or amount wise, instead of 5 mg at a time then we might have to reduce at 2 or 2.5 mg at a time. At that rate it seems it's going to take quite a while to get off it, not really what I wanted but do we ever have a choice?