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A lot may depend on your experience with side effects. I tapered up to 8 mg, got full relief from the pain but also got major weight gain, vertigo, jitteriness, anxiety. All gifts. So I'm down to 5 and tapering a half mg every two weeks. I want off!
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I agree with you when you say "I want off"! I was diagnosed with PMR in January and ended up in Urgent Care unable to walk or get out of bed unassisted. I went from a high dose and in the past month have started to taper off. I have been on one 5mg a day pill for the past 2 weeks and now my doctor wants me to taper off by taking 4 mg for 14 days, then 13 mg for another 14 days, etc. These pills are one mg only so I have to take 4 of these pills each morning.
I would like to know if anyone else has experienced gut pains from taking 4 at a time or any other side effects.