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I went to my reumy this weak and he didn t like how slow my crp rate was coming down.My relaose came in Mar.and started on 15 mg of prednisone in May.My cpr was 10 my sec count showed normal.I am at 10mg now but not sure if i should taper with that read still being high.

PS Sorry i forgot to mention my crp is 7.2 now

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Hello. How do you feel? Unfortunately CRP and ESR are not specific to PMR/GCA so your lab results may not be the whole story. Do you feel ready for a taper?

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No i ve tried to go to 9.5 but i get symptoms.

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Do the symptoms come on right away or do they build up over several days?

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What did the rheumatologist say to do?

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Hunter134 in reply toPMRpro

He wants me to taper down.

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Then if the symptoms return at any less you need to tell the doctor - you are obviously not ready to reduce the dose any further yet.

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