I have had PMR for about a year. I started
Prednisone at 10 m which in two days took all the pain away. After nine months I began the journey to lower my dose. Over several weeks I was down to 5m. I stayed on this for several months and in late February began lowering again. I was fine on 4m but after two days on 3m I woke up in original pain and as soon as I took 4m the next day I was pain free. My doctor last week said after a few weeks I can start 3 m one day and 4m the next and alternate like this to see how that works. I have found that is a trial and error process.