Hello @margaretva, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. It's good to hear that you asked your rheumatologist for 1 mg prednisone tablets as it makes it easier to taper slower. You might want to ask for 2.5 mg prednisone tablets also as it makes it a little easier tapering until you get to the lower doses. Towards the end of my first round with PMR I found a good pill splitter and was splitting the 1 mg tablets going back and forth between 1 mg and 1/2 mg until I was finally able to stop taking prednisone and only have some minor aches in the morning.

You may find a few other discussions helpful also:
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/polymyalgia-rheumatica-pmr-meet-others-share-your-story/
- PMR Anyone?: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-anyone/
- Resources / Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/polymyalgia-rheumatica-pmr/
- Rheumatoid arthritis questions: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/rheumatoid-arthritis-questions/

You mentioned your rheumatologist also has you on methotrexate and is not sure it's helping so wants to start you on Humira. Do they think you also may have rheumatoid arthritis in addition to PMR?