It took me two years to taper from 30 mg. I have been completely off for four days now. Until I got to 10, I had permission to reduce by 2.5 mg at a time, but had frequent setbacks either due to increased pain or an elevated sed rate. I had labs every two weeks during that time. Below 10, I reduced by 1 mg per month and sometimes by 1/2 mg. It has been extremely slow, but went much faster after I was put on methotrexate, which I realize does not help many people. I wish you good luck in finding what works for you, but above all be patient.