Shar
Hi Ida, It's very good to hear from you. I'm sorry you are finding it difficult to taper the Prednisone. I sure know how that goes. I just had a terrible experience with tapering it maybe a bit too fast, and had severe swelling and pain and stiffness in my knees and wrists. My rheumy told me to go up to 20mgs for 3 days and 15mgs for another 3 days, and then drop down to 10mgs. after that. I'm doing much better now. I think the Orencia is helping me, even though I had those symptoms last week. Those most likely came from the fast taper I did. I was feeling very well and thought I could go a bit faster with a taper this time. Oh well. We live and learn. I never seem to be able to get below 10mgs. Take good care of yourself. I look forward to your next post. Shar