I’ve been lowering my prednisone and am down to 1 mg. Next week I go “cold turkey” with none. The thing that has really helped with pain has been physical therapy concentrating on my neck, arms and shoulders. I also take chair yoga via zoom. I hurt so much less after the PT and zoom classes. I would never have been able to taper off without them. If necessary at night I take the 8 hour arthritis Tylenol so I get a better night’s sleep.