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Has anyone else had pain return after reducing pred by only 2.5 mg?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Oct 24, 2023 | Replies (53)Comment receiving replies
I had moved up to 15 mg a day and after a week or so, woke up one morning feeling 20 years younger and completely free of any discomfort. (I remember that morning so fondly.) So I started tapering to 12.5. It was effective, but I still woke up with a bit of discomfort. This morning I went back to 15 but just for today. Since I can't cut the pill into smaller units, I thought I would try to slip a booster in once in a while and see how that worked. My doctor told me to keep an eye on my blood pressure and it did go up on 15 mg, motivating me to keep trying to taper down.
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I thought of doing that too -- trying 12.5 mg and then going back to 15 mg for short periods when the pain returns. I agree that it's impossible to cut the pills without them crumbling to pieces, so am going to ask the pharmacist for some 1 mg pills next time I renew the prescription, and try tapering off by 1 mg/month, even though that's going to take forever.