No, the prednisone effects can be irritating, but full blown PMR is incapacitating and only prednisone controls it. You are cutting down very fast, which may be ok given the high dosage you’re on. Guidelines published by rheumatologists suggests a beginning dosage of 20 mg per day. Given your moon face and muscle weakness, you may be able to scale back further. THE KEY IS TO TAKE AS LITTLE PREDNISONE AS CONTROLS YOUR PMR SYMPTOMS. Everyone is different, so you have to find your sweet spot and then taper very slowly. I’m currently on 3 mg after 28 months and two flares. I go down, if all is well, a half mg every two weeks and that is considered fast by some. Stick with it and you will find equilibrium with the Rx and the PMR.