Hello. I started at 60mg, weaning by 20 mg, down every three days to 20 mg which I stayed on for about a week then weaned by 5 mg every three days until I reached 5 mg which I stayed on for two months. A recheck of my inflammatory markers showed them back in the normal range. Now I am weaning by 1 mg a month. I can’t say that I have had any significant symptoms return during this process.
My symptoms abated with in the first couple days of starting prednisone; I have been told that it is diagnostically definitive for PMR if your symptoms abate quickly with prednisone.