You all have so much good advice on reducing prednisone which helped be to successfully reduce my dose to 1.5 mg, which I have been on for quite some time. (Many months, but reluctant to keep going as I was having other issues and didn't want to rock the boat further.). Recently my knee became swollen, stiff and quite painful. No injury that I am aware of. Had x-rays and found some arthritis but nothing else. The usual treatment would be anti-inflammatory, like aspirin. But because I am on an aspirin regime for a blood thinner, it is recommended that I don't take more. So....prednisone was the answer, of course. My primary care gave me a 5mg dose, which I've been taking for 2 weeks. Inflammation and pain gone. So now I want to reduce back down to 1.5. Question is, how fast? I only have 4 of the 5mg left, but 45 of 1 mg and I think I"m ready to start reducing now. Can I go quickly, like start reducing .5 mg every 3-4 days?
Thanks in advance. Kathy