Welcome @doloresmacneil, Tapering off of prednisone can be a little tricky. With my first occurrence of PMR I learned to keep a daily pain and dosage log rating the pain from 1 to 10 with 10 being the worse. My rheumatologist told me to listen to my body and suggested using the pain log when I was tapering. I didn't taper down if I hurt too much. I don't have osteoporosis but have been diagnosed with osteopenia and I also have degenerative arthritis in my joints and lower back.

It sounds like your tapering is going fairly well. What dosage of prednisone did you start on - 20 mg?