Tapering schedule

[Crommie]

Tapered from 10mg a day to 9mg a day after 8 weeks and will be on 9 for 8 weeks before going to 8. On 8 week programme. Should I just go to 8.5?

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer]

Really depends on how you feel at 9mg…..as you are staying at each dose for 8 weeks you will probably be okay to reduce 1mg until you get a little lower. But if you are unsure, which is why you asked the question, then only taper by 0.5mg.

Whatever you decide, once you get to 7mg then I would definitely implement 0.5mg at a time.

[MrsNails]

The general recommendation is to decrease by No More than 10% - my late lamented Consultant always recommended 0.5mg drops from 10mg & that’s what l do when l get to that dose……

[Boss302Fan]

As long as no PMR symptoms continue tapering at 10 percent drops Eg. I used 1 mg decrease until I got to 6mg then went to 0.5mg decrease after getting to 3mg using 0.25mg decrease.

[diana1998]

From 10mg I reduced 0.5mg every 4 weeks quite successfully. Once at 5mg I stayed on each dose for 8 weeks. Slowly does it is best. On 3.5.

[Crommie in reply to diana1998]

Thank you for the information

[herdysheep]

I got stuck at 10mg a few times. When I went down by 0.5 it was more straightforward. Was pmr behaving better over that period of time, or the slower method that worked, who knows?! It took me quite a while to realise slow is best. Pity my taper did not go at the same pace as brain