@bandorino Been reading here and reading and have absolutely NO clue how this works and how this can be so different with others. That said, my pain started Dec 2025, by Jan 4 we figured what it was. Since the side effects of Prednisone are so horrific, I fasted instead. Drastic change in lifestyle, mostly vegan no SOS (salt, oil, sugar) no alcohol and fasted a week. Then fasted 31 days. Mind you, I was able with support system to do this. March 20 I capitulated to Pred as I could no longer walk to bedroom from pain. Maybe, maybe from lower BP, cholesterol, etc the Pred has less affected me. Yes, I went back to skiing 2 days after 1st pred dose. My doc said her sister got PMR. She right away prescribed 30MG of Pred, and tapering 5MG each week. ALL pain was gone in 1-2 hours after 1st dose, I felt like super woman.
This is a great article on tapering.
https://canadiancentreforaddictions.org/prednisone-withdrawal