Pericarditis (caused cardiac tamponade and had to have CPR) immediately after radio frequency ablation that has now lasted for 6 months. Have been on prednisone, colchicine, PPI and naproxen for 5 months. Doctor tried to taper first from 30 mg to 20 mg and I had a flare and then they tried 5 mg taper and that didn't work either. So I did 2.5 mg tapers down to 5 and then 1 mg tapers down to 2 mg and then had a flare after they took naproxen out of the mix when I got to 10 mg of prednisone. Now back up to 5 mg for the last 2 weeks. Have been referred to specialist at Northwestern who says Rilonacept may be the next step. But I'm hesitant to do this. Could I just taper more slowly? I was doing 1 mg taper from 5, 4, 3, 2 for 7 days each until I flared. No one has been leading my tapers - I've just had to figure it out. The specialist says I can try 1 mg tapers again but hold for 2-3 weeks and maybe up to 4. I just want to be done with meds and to the other side. Has anyone been cured of pericarditis caused by ablation and doesn't live in fear that it will come back? My QOL is just as bad if not worse than what it was before the ablation. Thank you for any insight.