I was prescribed predisone - 60 mg by my doctor for bronchoitis. I questioned him about not gradually lowering the dose over time. He stated, "no...that's old medicine." It was my understanding that individuals need to slowly wean off this drug in order to reduce/prevent withdrawal symptoms. Is this the latest research - not to reduce the dosage over time or is up the doctor to make those decisions. (i am to take it for 10 days. please respond, thank you.