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Tapering off of Prednisone

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Feb 28 5:49am | Replies (313)

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@johnbishop

Hi Ferse, Wished I had an answer for you. From my experience, I had more trouble tapering off my first time around where I went back and forth between 1mg and .5mg the last six months before I could be off prednisone with no real pain. The second time around I didn't have that problem because I made some conscious lifestyle changes limiting sugar, processed foods and inflammatory foods. plus more exercise. I recently saw the following tapering plan on HealthUnlocked and think it sounds like something that would be good to try if you run into any flareups while tapering.

-- Dead slow and nearly stop reduction plan (Tapering)
https://healthunlocked.com/pmrgcauk/posts/131189593/dead-slow-and-nearly-stop-reduction-plan

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Thanks John,
for a passing on the "Dead slow.." theory of tapering, so clearly and so well documented.
I'm going to give it a try.

Best wishes,
Ferse

i've been doing this for the past couple weeks... so far so good...from 3mg to 2.5mg