You might try just going from 1 mg to 2 mg instead of 3 to see if that reduces the pain. Then if that works, stay with it a month and then try reducing it to 1-1/2 mg and see if the pain is tolerable. The 1 mg pills can be a little difficult to split but not too bad. This was the approach my rheumatologist started me on with my first occurrence of PMR. I don't think I've ever seen a titration schedule that is set in stone recommended from any doctor. My first time tapering from 20 mg I was told to reduce by 1 mg every 3 days and if the pain was too bad to go back to the previous dose and keep doing the cycle until you can get to a lower level and finally off. My current doctor team told me to try reducing the dosage every 30 days after I had tried every week and was bouncing up and down with the dose. So now I'm playing it by ear - when I start feeling pretty good I reduce it by 1 mg.

Don't give up hope on getting off of it - just take one day at a time, you can do it!

John