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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Feb 1, 2023 | Replies (111)
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My plan is to go from 6 down to 5 1/2 for 5 days or so then go to 5 for a month. That worked last month when I went from 7 to 6 1/2 fir 5 days and then to 6 for a month. I had one flare up and it is not worth another. I want my Adrenal glands to kick in.
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Good suggestion. My rheumatologist seemed to think that 1/2 a milligram wouldn't make much difference, but when I saw what dropping just one milligram did to my inflammatory markers, I'm not so sure. He did say that lots of his patients had trouble dropping below 5 mg and in fact had one patient who could not give up that last 1 mg for a year. I've stopped worrying about the effects of a low dose of prednisone when I consider the misery of the alternative.