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When I have been tapering off, it is usually one mg at a time. Currently I just went from 4 to 3, and i am feeling the effects of the change. I started at 40 a year and a half ago, and almost every time I went down there was a terrible transition. I would not feel great for about 4 days and then I would start leveling off - I hope this helps you?
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Hello, I am exactly where you are and had great success tapering 1 mg at a time. Three months ago I went from 3 mg to 2 mg and immediately had a flare up. It took going to 4 mg to get it under control, and now I am at 3 mg again. In order to get to 2 mg once more, I plan to try 2.5 mg in a couple of weeks. As an aside, my cat is taking 1 mg of prednisone a day for an allergy to gnat bites, and I'm looking at her and thinking, "If she can do it, I can too!"
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Thank you! The specialist is planning to take me down by 1 mg once I get to 10mg - I’m meant to go to 10mg from 12.5 this week but the pain is coming back at the 12.5 dose so I don’t think I can try tapering more at this point. I will def start going down by 1mg - thank you.