Welcome @drsterny, I certainly think it should be a discussion that you should have with your doctor. I always worked with my rheumatologist on tapering but he offered me a lot of options and suggestions, and also told me it was important to listen to what my body is telling me pain wise. That's why he had my keep a daily log of pain level and dosage when I was tapering. If my pain level was unacceptable for me (above a 2 or 3 on a 0 to 10 scale) then I didn't taper lower and sometimes have to go up a little. Normally if I had to go up, my first option was to go up by half of the previous taper so that I'm still not going back to the previous dose.

Are you working with your doctor or rheumatologist on tapering and managing the symptoms?