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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
You should ask your doctor for prescriptions for 2.5 mg and 1 mg prednisone tablets. They make tapering a lot easier with less pill splitting.
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I was tapering down from 20mg to 10 mg of prednisone at 2.5mg per week. It wasn’t hard to hard to cut the 5mg pill in half. When I finally got to 10mg. my doctor wanted to slow down the taper to 1mg. per month. My pharmacist ordered 1mg. of prednisone tablets (it was written into my new prescription). This is making it very easy to take the recommended dose with no cutting involved. She did say that many pharmacists will not have this size on hand but they could easily order it. Have patience and good luck, Liz Ward
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I don't know where Vellen is, but 2.5mg tabs aren't available in Australia. I now have 1mg tabs as well as the 5's and life is easier.