I’ve been on prednisone for 21 years, my doses have been high and low, the last few years have been horrible with weight gain moon face, GI issues, my body is screaming at me it hurts so bad. I’m trying to slowly taper off from 10mg to 5mg but it’s been so hard to get off of them. If I taper just 1mg I’m more fatigued than normal and body hurts worse also. My body does not like the withdrawal. And also being on them so long I have osteoporosis to where my hips are going to snap in 10 years. Whatever you do with the 5mg of prednisone, please do not stay on it long. All these years my doctors pushed and pushed prednisone on me. Finally I get an RA doctor that does not want me on it. It’s a long process