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Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Mar 18 11:36am | Replies (28)
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@crbarefoot
If you can use a compounding pharmacy that would be your best option. But insurance doesn't always pay for compounded medicines.
I would taper by 10-15% perhaps a bit more but I believe it should depend on several factors. Length of treatment, dose of medication, age etc. Be sure to go slow, SLOW! to allow your brain chemistry to adjust. If you have any withdrawal effects increase your dose until those symptoms go away then restart the taper at a slower pace and/or longer time between dose cuts. I don’t believe in choosing a specific timeline. I think it depends on how your body relates to the taper.
Take care,
Jake
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Compound pharmacy is not the answer and no insurance won't pay for this anyway, at least for this situation. Compunding is typically bringing two distinct meds together to form a third medication. You're basically asking a pharmacy to give you various doses for tapering. Thats not what these specialty (compunding) pharmacies are for, they might do this, I don't know but insurance will not cover this cost I know! I would use a pill splitter to get the tapering done. A hassle but its not tough.