Hi @bardy1953, Welcome to Connect. That's a great question and the answer might be easier than you think. You will notice that we moved your post to an existing discussion on the same topic here:

-- Tapering off of Prednisone:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/prednisone/
The biggest qualifier is that each of us have different levels of acceptable pain and what I've always been told by my rheumatologist was that I should listen to my body when I'm tapering. If it were me I would try to go down by 1 mg a month. With my first occurrence of PMR it took me 3 and half years to taper off and the last six months were going back and forth between 1 mg and 1/2 mg until I could finally stop taking it without much pain.

@flymetothemoon @sharb @biblern @tsc @suetex @barbararene and others may also have some thoughts on tapering off of 3 mg prednisone.

How long have you been on prednisone?

I would, at first, go down 1 mg. a month. If this is not good go to 1/2 mg a month.