Thank you so much for this information. It does help a lot to make decisions about my own dosage, more likely, adding as the PMR becomes more painful, especially when I get up in the mornings. 3 mg have been what I've been taking for a few weeks, from4 mg. I think I will let my rheumatologist know and see what he thinks about going backwards and taking more prednisone. What changes have you made in your diet that you think helped you. The doc told me that taking prednisone puts weight on you - I seemed more hungry with the higher doses.