Diana
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                        
                        
                        My mother had PR for about ten years.  Her doctor told her that it might eventually "burn itself out."  She was able to get off Prednisone about a year prior to her death (from unrelated causes at 85).  No, there isn't a cure but it can run its course.  Diana