@floridabonnie, My rheumatologist suggested I keep a daily log of how I feel on a pain/ache scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the worst and also what dosage I was on for that day. Then he also gave me scripts for 5, 2.5 and 1 mg prednisone tablets so I could easily go up or down by 1 mg. Everybody's pain scale is different but I only went down a level on the prednisone when my pain was a 1 or a 2 level and if the pain crept up I would stay on the level for a few days to see if it got better or I would bump it up by 1 or by 1/2 mg by splitting the 1 mg tablets. You also need to incorporate some level of exercise or movement/stretching to help along with eating healthy which can help a lot when you are tapering off of prednisone.

You might find the following discussion helpful:
– Tapering off of Prednisone https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/prednisone/

Also, here is a good article on Medical News Today that offers some suggestions.
-- What to eat if you have polymyalgia rheumatica: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321683