Tapering Prednisone after 16 months
So, I finally got on an enbrel biosimilar after being diagnosed in Dec. 2024.
Since then I have been on varying amounts of Prednisone to keep my inflammation down. Between 10-6 mg.
My rheumatologist is having me very slowly taper down. My last blood test had my CRP at 2.0 while in 5 mg!! Yay!! I haven't been that low on such a low dose of Prednisone since it's been watched.
Right now I am doing 4 mg one day and 2 mg the next. But I am soooo tired on 2 mg days.
I just want to get off this crap. The weight gain, food noise, eye issues and on and on have me fed up. But the exhaustion is worse than my normal RA fatigue.
Does anyone have any experience or tips for this?
I'm in Canada, so I don't have unfettered access to my rheumatologist or rheumatology supports. Hopefully this great community has some little notes that can help me get through this.