Have you been able to taper prednisone with long lasting success?

Posted by leon1649 @leon1649, Jun 3, 2023

I’ve had PMR for 8 months. Every time I taper the prednisone down to 5 mg the symptoms return. Getting frustrated and wonder how long the symptoms will continue.

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janiceem | @janiceem | Jun 17, 2023

I was able to taper off my low dose of prednisone (started at 10 mg) within about a year, but symptoms returned when I caught COVID. Coincidentally, my first symptom of PMR was after my second COVID vaccination. I have been slowly tapering off of 2 mg. since December and do so in very small increments of .5 mg/ month. You might try this method. It has also been suggested that when I finish my month of .5 mg that I take .5 every other day for another month. I have a very mild case of it, apparently, and only felt pain while lying down in bed!