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I began prednisone in May 2025.
Started at 15 mg and got to 20mg a day to get rid of stubborn hip pain.
Then I started down in dosage after a month. Went 15 to 12.5 to 10 at 30 day intervals.
Then started dropping one mg after 30 days. So a slow progression. doc says it seems to help keep PMR from coking back with this 30 day drop one Mg progression.
I am 10 days until going to 8 mg for 30 days and so far so good.
I read where some docs were lowering the mg after 3 days or a week.
If you are getting pain on this quicker pace try the drop 1 mg every 30 days. I will report back when I reach 6 or 7 mg a day.
Anyone else already do this route?
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@leonalawrence
My success at lower dose was no more than 10% reduction. Abt 7-8 it gets harder, don’t be surprised. Also it was 30 day intervals. If you get a reaction, you can alternate days, i.e., 8 day 1, then 7, for a week to ease into it.
@leonalawrence Yes, I dropped quickly in the first month (started at 20mg) and then at 10mg started dropping 1mg per month. I got stuck around 5mg and had to stay at that level longer and then stuck again at 1mg for quite awhile. It took about 2.5 years in total but I have been off for over a year and pain free!
@leonalawrence I had such dramatic positive results from Prednisone that I only took the first bottle. After that I saw the end of the PMR and of the meds. Wonderful result.
My first Prednisone was in shot form and directly into a nerve. A lot of swelling happened, but dramatic improvement. The doc said he had never done that before. It may have been accidental. If so, it was a happy accident.
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The slow progression helps some people keep the PMR from coming back