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When and How to Taper Prednisone
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Sep 20, 2023 | Replies (39)Comment receiving replies
Ugh! that is what I was afraid of, making it worse, and causing a longer time on Prednisone than needed. I guess I am just not happy with my doc saying that I would be on the 10mg for the next 2 months, that seems too long, especially when the other two reductions were at one month. I feel like progress is being stalled. I don't know, maybe it is not uncommon to stay on a dosage for two months while on a taper schedule. Thanks for your insight.
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If you are happy to try .5mg reductions - as I'm doing now - it might be worth a go after about 4 weeks. You could see-saw the dose up and down for a week to soften the reduction, (one day at 9.5mg, the next at 10mg), before staying on 9.5?
I'm a bit scared to do 1mg drops in one go now, especially under 10mg, but the drop I've just done from 9 down to 8.5 has been fine. I'm sitting on that for a couple of weeks to stabilise it before doing another .5 drop in the same see-saw way. That should get me a 1mg drop in about 6weeks. Hoping that will work.
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Sounds like your doc made the right decision. I know that the lower we go, the higher the percentage we're lowering and probably why he/she wants you to go two months on 10.
It really isn't longer than needed if two months is what's needed at a lower dose. Hang in there, we'll get through this. *hugs