← Return to Tapering off of Prednisone
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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Feb 28 5:49am | Replies (313)
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I went down 5mg every week, until I was at 15mg. I was at 15mg for 1 month. At 12.5 mg for 1 mo. Than starting with 10 mg I would go down 1 mg a month. I was determined not to have to go up on the prednisone, so when weaning down, for the first week I would alternate days by lowering by .5 than the scheduled dosage than up .5 and so on. That way if I had any kind of flareup it wouldn’t last but just a few days. This past week I’m heading to 4mg. I’ve been doing 5mg, 4.5mg, 5mg 4.5. On Sunday I will start 4 mg. So far so good.