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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: 4 days ago | Replies (13)
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I’m still way off getting down to your level of Pred as on 10mg for several weeks now after diagnosis of PMR in August and stating on 20mg. Funny thing is I’ve occasionally experimented with taking a little chunk out of a 5mg pill and took maybe 9mg or 9.5 just to experiment and sure enough I had a mild shoulder pain the next day although nothing at all bad. I guess it shows how delicate a balancing act it is on the taper down. If I was in your position I would try to continue the taper but maybe slightly more slowly ?
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Only scored pills can be split with an accurate dosage. Pills that are not scored do not provide an even distribution of the actual meds. Splitting a pill in half that is not scored doesn't guarantee you are getting a 50% dosage. Likewise, if a pill is scored to be split in half and you further split that half, you are still not getting an accurate dosage. Pills are only meant to be split where they are scored.