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@jabrown0407

@pmrsuzie Why, once you are down to 2mg heading for 1mg, would you become concerned with tapering taking longer? If it is working, don't fix it! - would be my motto at that low a dose.
I know you have a personal goal but your body does not have the same goal. Everyone's goal is to have a successful taper not being at a certain dosage for a doctor's appointment. Slow and steady wins the race when it comes to treating PMR.
That said, alternating dosage for a week or more worked very well for me, especially at low dosages. Unfortunately, my inflammatory markers aways returned even with a slow and paced taper.

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pmrsuzie | @pmrsuzie | 4 days ago

@jabrown0407
"Why, once you are down to 2mg heading for 1mg, would you become concerned with tapering taking longer?"
Isn't going from 2 to 1mg a 50% drop? The tapering process invokes aches, pains and possibly stirs up my Meniere's. And I certainly don't want to be in bed throwing up - which is what Meniere's can do to me. These are the problems I had getting from 3 to 2mg. I was at 3mg for months, took several weeks to get to 2mg. Been at 2 mg for a few weeks. Maybe I should stay at 2 mg longer. My PCP said to stay at 2mg til I see him in August. Maybe that's what I should do. Hot, humid weather is here now and that in itself will be unpleasant. I'm talking myself into staying at 2mg. Like everyone here, I just would like to be eliminating
prednisone from my diet.

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