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Day 4 of prednisone and happy! Stay at 15 or go up to 20?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: 5 days ago | Replies (29)Comment receiving replies
@rickman Until I started reading here a few months ago, I had no idea how this condition presented, was suppressed, and reappeared. Now it's rather heavy on my mind--along with the pleasure of pain-free shoulders I now experience.
May I ask the details of your taper, and whether you went back up slowly or fast when the pain returned?
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@p0rtia - Roughly as follows
April 2025 to Feb 2026 - 15mg (.5 morning, afternoon, evening)
March 2026 started .1mg taper per weeks
For example: 14mg for two weeks, then 13mg for two weeks and so on.
I stopped at 9mg (because at 8mg there was too much pain) where 9mg was tolerable taking 5mg in the morning and 4mg in the afternoon.
This June, I had a flare-up where I had to take an extra 5mg to get out of pain. Moreover this is a very recent issue for me- so I will have to wait and see what the next day brings.
I do not journal, but starting to think I should with respect to weather, activities and food so I may share this with a rheumatologist I am scheduled to see this Oct.
- Hope this helps. - Rick