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How did you cope with the side effects tapering off prednisone?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Feb 19 1:42pm | Replies (179)Comment receiving replies
On 4 th day of 8 mg from 10 mg and getting night time symptoms,tonight back to 9 mg try again next week. I think too big of drop from 10 to 8.
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Sound like a good idea; hope it goes better the next time and you feel better soon.
Once my dad got below 10 mg, we started dropping by 1 mg. Then we floundered at around 7 mg and started dropping by half a mg. Then we got stuck at 6 mg. He had a flare and we went to 6.25 mg and that worked. So our next step will be to go to 6 mg again.
I think it’s common once you get into single digits to slow the roll because we’re cutting back by a larger proportion of the total dose.
Wishing you all the best.
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Yes, that is a big drop. I’ve been trying to go from 5 1/2 to 5 for months. So hard to be patient but your body will let you know when it’s time to drop just a half or whole mg.