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I'm finding your notes hard to follow. You say in "Background":

"1. PMR 40 -20-15-10-7.5-5-2.5-0 mg/daily tapering over 5 months"
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"13. Predisone taper over 8 weeks (20 to 2.5 to 0 mg daily), full stop now"

It's not clear which of those tapers you followed, or both at different times? In any case, both tapers are unusually fast and likely to cause a flare - a return of the PMR - or to cause significant withdrawal symptoms which are similar to PMR symptoms. Prednisone is not curative, it just controls inflammation and pain while the PMR runs its course.

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Tx, 2 takers, one initially to get down and then another to rid my system of Prednisone due to all side effects. Yes, incurring withdrawal symptoms now, but no worse than Prednisone side effects. Any ideas how to reduce withdrawal side effects or only time will tell? Tx.