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Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

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Hey Sabrina,
How many mg are you going down every two weeks? What was the maximum dose you were on? How long have you been on effexor?
Jake

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Joanna | @maryathome | Aug 16, 2018

@jakedduck1
The compounding pharmacy did mine this way:
Maximum dose was 112 mg. Now on 105 mg (for 2 weeks), then 97.5 mg. (for 2 weeks) and so on. This is my 9th day. So far, I’m good. My physician wanted to do it faster and in a different way. I didn’t agree with him. That’s why I went to a CP. when I tried to get off them three years ago, my doctor suggested faster. It was a nightmare. You are correct in saying go slow.
By the way, I was on 37.5 mg for 11 years and 112 mg. for about 4 years.

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