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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Feb 7, 2023 | Replies (9)
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You are so right about splitting the 1 mg tablets. I did that off and on for the last six months going back and forth between 1 mg and 1/2 mg for my first time with PMR. It wasn't exact but I finally was able to taper off. I did buy a few different pill splitters before I finally figured out their is a scoring line on the tablet to line up under the splitter but it didn't make much difference.
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I think the precision for some of the tapering methods I have seen are great if anyone cares to try them. However, they really should make those 1 mg tablets bigger. I'm a believer in whatever works and to each their own when it comes to tapering prednisone.
I was in a rush to take my pills so I wasn't as careful as I should have been. Those 1 mg tablets had a way of escaping my mouth so I would find them on the floor, on the counter and all over the place. Losing a 1 mg tablet here and there didn't seem to make too much of a difference!
Something similar happened when I changed doses during the week. I would lose track of what day it was so I would just take the same dose for the entire week unless something noteworthy happened.
I used a weekly dose organizer for all my medications --- the ones with the little plastic doors to open and close to keep the medications from getting mixed up. At the end of the week, I would make sure all the doors were closed and shake the whole container. Invariably, I would hear something rattle inside and it always seemed like a 1 mg tablet of prednisone was hiding inside one of the little compartments.`