@gippy I would agree that at least the first time it is worth it to try to get completely off of the prednisone. You need to understand that moving from 2mg to 1mg means you are cutting your prednisone by 50% as far as your body knows. To move from 10mg to 9mg is only a 10% move. That being said you might ask about only going down to 1 and 1/2 mg from 2mg. That is only 25%. Buy a pill splitter and ask your doctor to Rx extra because the second half will often not be usable. Then after a month to six weeks of 1.5mg drop to 1mg and then drop to 0.5mg. If you are good with that taper you should be able to get to zero. Remember that tapering is more about waking your adrenal glands up than it is about anything else. You want that portion of the effort to be successful. I wish you success on your journey.