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@jeff97

Hopefully the Actemra will allow you to taper below 4 mg.

We're at the level of prednisone now ( 4 mg and lower) where adrenal insufficiency can be a problem. I'm curious about how that will go for me. So far so good. The risk of adrenal insufficiency is the reason my rheumatologist wants me to spend a month at each mg decrease. If you're taking 2 months, that's even better.

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Yes but it may have something to do with my age too. I’m 76. And the prednisone has pushed me from osteopenia to osteoporosis. And yes it was prednisone induced. 😕