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The lowest effective dose, how is it defined?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Aug 26 7:29am | Replies (147)Comment receiving replies
@kare1
Replying to myself! I’m now on 1.5 mg pred. It’s taken me a year to get here from last August 2025 4 to 5 mgs.
I don’t know what to think.
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You're making great progress! You are doing much better than I was doing after a year and a half. You must be doing something right. I doubt anyone will say you are tapering too fast or too slow. I don't think you have been on prednisone for too long.
I took Prednisone for 12 years so can't say I was tapering very fast either but it probably was too long. I was stuck on 10 mg for about 5 years. Things can become more complicated the longer you are on prednisone. At the dose you are on, it should not cause too many problems.
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@kare1 Everyone is on a different schedule. Some people need treatment for a really long time. My brother-in-law is at about 15 years of methotrexate for his PMR. I'm at more than 2 years of treatment for GCA and PMR, and it looks like it will last another year. I didn't expect treatment to last that long.