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Hi @jules11, I'm glad to hear the tapering off of prednisone is going well. I'm not a doctor and have no medical training but you are doing exactly what I did. Sometimes I was successful and sometimes not so much. Each of us are a little different when it comes to tapering off of prednisone, so if you can go down another 2.5 mg after a week of no pain I would say go for it. Worse case is you will need to bump it up a little. The only caution I would have is to not get to excited about getting off prednisone too quickly. Your body will tell you when it's too much too quick. We just have to listen closely ☺
Hope you have a pain free day!
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Hi. Ive just joined this forum. Im 74, man, live in New Zealand. I experience pain from arthritis in a hip and lower back. The pain is ever-present, and been gradually getting worse over about 35 years. My doctor prescribed Prednisone at 2.5mg/day for an allergy (hay fever). I am amazed that it has also reduced the chronic pain, by about 50% - as well as making me feel much more energetic. There are no adverse effects apparent.
So, of course I am thinking how it would improve my life if I could feel like that all the time. This discussion group has been mainly about withdrawing from Prednisone, which is interesting to me. But I would love to hear from anyone who knows about using Prednisone long term, indefinitely, at the very low dose of 2.5mg. Thanks. Rex.