Love your profile photo @npostusa! You've had quite a struggle and it sounds like you are doing all the right things to help. Not only that you helped me by asking is beer inflammatory. I didn't have a clue but I stopped all alcohol after being diagnosed with small fiber peripheral neuropathy as I know that alcohol can make neuropathy worse. Thought I would miss the beer but I don't. Back to your question, I always try to learn at least one new thing a day. Admittedly, I sometimes relearn the same thing more than once 🙂 Beer is good for you!

"Clinical studies have suggested that the moderate consumption of beer is beneficial for human health, mainly due to the phenolic compounds with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties."
-- Redox and Anti-Inflammatory Properties from Hop Components in Beer-Related to Neuroprotection: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8226943/

What helped me when tapering down on prednisone was keeping a daily log and writing down my level of pain when I got up in the morning and what dose I was taking that day.
It also helped me when I was following up with my doctor or rheumatologist on any tapering problems I had.

Have you tried keeping a daily log of your pain and dosage?