Actually when I have questions about a medication, I always go to my pharmacist and not my doctor. I'm convinced doctors are completely clueless about the medications they prescribe and their side effects. For example, my MIL took Gabapentin for shingles pain for months. When she decided to stop it, she went through severe withdrawals. When she asked her doctor about this, he knew NOTHING about withdrawal symptoms (unbelievable but true). She had to wean herself off the drug over the course of a few weeks following protocols found on the internet.