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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jul 7 6:36am | Replies (28)
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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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wfroslansky | @wfroslansky | Jul 7 6:36am

4 and 5 is when it starts to get harder. Took several weeks to feel stable with each reduction. I did 1mg reduction month at a time. stretching and exercise and a few cold swims can help. The kinds of things one would normally do for tired achy muscles. When I had been on 1mg for two weeks My rheum put me on 1mg every other day for the last two weeks. And then it takes a few weeks at zero for my body to give up looking for prednisone. Cheers.

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