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Thanks for the info, my family doctor is not knowledgeable about weaning and after many arguments between us he did give the pharmacy permission to control my usage, it’s fairly workable for the most part but I mentioned in a previous message that they had changed the brand I was on and I reacted to it, they said it was due to each company uses different fillers and I had a nasty side effect from it. I’m currently trying to reduce my dose from 0.5 twice daily to 0.5 once per day. I know that I need more guidance with it and I use the internet for advice. I have always been on the same dose for a few years now but before I got sick I was on a higher dose so I’ve been on this drug for over twenty years. I hope to be able to get off them forever but I know I’ll have a struggle because it helps to wean slowly but another med is needed to help give me some more strength to cope with it.

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The physician then needs to learn how to wean and take it out of the hands of the pharmacist.....that's not where it belongs. Not sure that I understand that you want to wean off a particular medication but then need another one in assisting to do so. That seems kind of counter productive. If your physician is unable to help then seek the assistance of a pain management or psychiatrists assistance. If the pharmacist manages it he is doing so by practicing outside the scope of his legal practice!

Thanks for your reply, I had 2 responses to my comment, one person recommended a pharmacist to help me and you mentioned that I not go with a pharmacist. I appreciate the advice and will try to get this under control one way or another.