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How are you tapering prednisone?

Posted by gigilea @gigilea, Dec 5, 2025

Quite a few people have posted about how important it is to taper prednisone slowly.
When you get into the smaller doses, the percent reduction of the taper is larger.
Here is a chart I made of dose and then the corresponding percent reduction.
Hope people can read it and sorry about the shadow

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mech | @mech | 2 days ago
In reply to @gigilea "@mech in response to your tapering schedule, I would talk to your doctor about what you..." + (show)
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@mech in response to your tapering schedule, I would talk to your doctor about what you should do. Maybe the Dr. will want you to taper by .5mg instead of 1mg and more slowly. Everyone is so different and the pain from PMR is hard to distinguish from old injuries sometimes. Usually the pain from PMR is bilateral in my personal experience. It would be best for you to discuss with your Dr. Wishing you the best!

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@gigilea thanks. My doc is the one who told me to taper by 1mg, go back up if needed. My pmr pain is bilateral also. Maybe ill try .5 taper next. Thank you!

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