Definitely ask about getting 1 mg tablets. We all have enough to worry about without adding to our burden by having to split prednisone pills in half. Many patients find it difficult to do a 15 mg to 12.5 mg decrease.

I have known patients who cut their 1 mg tablets in half. I personally have never had the need to cut 1 mg tablets in half but to each their own. Maybe that was where I went wrong. It took me about 10 years before I got to a low enough dose where I used 1 mg tablets.

When I got off prednisone, I still had 20 mg tablets, 10 mg tablets, 5 mg tablets, 2.5 mg tablets and too many 1 mg tablets to count. I recently threw my entire stockpile of prednisone pills away. All of my pills had been past the expiration date but I hung onto them for as long as I dared.

If a doctor asks why you need 1 mg tablets just say that you want to increase by 1 mg sometimes instead of a whole 5 mg. I'm sure they would rather you increase in 1 mg increments when needed as opposed to going back to a much higher dose.