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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jul 7 6:36am | Replies (28)
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I was on prednisone for about a year and 1/2. Started at 20 mg, took about 8 months to get to 10 and 10 more months to get to 0. I was was bouncing around from 2-5 because of pain for a while. I saw the PA at my Rhuemy's in April and he said that I no longer needed to be on any pred so I stopped, went to 2 mg to 0 in a day w/o issues.
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I’m encouraged by your taper. I have been on prednisone for 7 months but the taper has been too fast. I am managing the pain with Tylenol but will probably go back to 4 or 5 mg for a while. My doctor says it time to get off.
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Glad to hear this … not knowing the protocol attempted dropping quicker from 20mg than I should have. Ping ponged back and forth from 18 to 15 to 12 and then got froggy and went to 10 then 5 then 2… MISTAKE… no pain in original spots but got so bad in hands and knees went back to 15 … all in about 5 months (no one really told me how do do this other than don’t drop too large a dosage… so I didn’t but I’d dropped one or two mg’s every 6/7 days). That wasn’t advisable either. Anyway looking at your post I seem to be (hopefully) on same trajectory as you. Your post does give me some direction. Thanks