Kmeikle1, in reading this message chain one can see the vagaries of PMR. It is certainly possible to have tendinitis or muscle pain on one side, but that is usually caused by overuse. In fact, many people have such symptoms as it seems to be easier to injure tendons and muscles while on higher dosages of Prednisone and it takes longer to recover. Such pain in an indirect result of PMR however. Classic PMR pain is almost always bilateral although it doesn’t have to be equal. In other words, if one thigh hurts to 8/10, usually the other also hurts, but can be 1/10 or any other number. No pain on the other side would be rare for PMR, but remember everyone is different and there are exceptions for every rule. You do NOT want to try to work through PMR pain. Usually that makes things worse. Prednisone use is not fun, but it beats PMR pain, so you should take the smallest dose that controls the pain. Tapering is really individualized and it can take years (some people are on it for life). Some doctors keep patients on a low dose permanently to avoid flares, so they don’t yo-yo. We have a tendency to rush the taper too much sometimes, and the very slow taper seems to provide more long term success to patients.