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When and How to Taper Prednisone

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Sep 20, 2023 | Replies (39)

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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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Hmmm, I would love to try something, but I feel I should not go against my doctors orders. I may just shoot her a message to let her know that I may try a reduction after one month on 10, or I could just try it and let her know after I have done it, haha. I only have 5 mg tablets that would break easily to 2.5 mg, not sure if that 2.5 would break easily in half (I just tried it, the 2.5 half tab did not break evenly into a 1.25). How are you going to .5mg. Do you have 1 mg tabs? I wonder if a 2.5mg reduction is too much at one time?