After a year I am down to 5 1/2 mg. of Pred. in am. (Started at 20). I take 7.5mg of Meloxicam at bedtime. I've been feeling pretty good and thought I would try splitting the Prednisone - 3mg in am and 2.5 in evening eliminating the Meloxicam. Big mistake. I suffered through the entire next day with a terrible headache. (Not GCA) Went back to the other doses the next day and was back to normal almost immediately.