I am currently on 3 mg of prednisone a day. I started out on 20 mg in Oct. of 2020 so it's been a journey. I was finally on 2.5 in February of this year. Back pain startet then. But when I went down to every other day (began March 4) I started feeling pretty bad. I didn't last 2 weeks and went back to 2.5 everyday. I saw my rheumatologist on April 6 (last week) and he said I need a slower taper so I am on 3 mg a day for 3 month and he plans on me lessening my dosage 1 mg at a time. I am otherwise in pretty good health and was gobsmacked by PMR like so many of us. What a strange disease this is! Thank you all for all your input.