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Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)
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It's difficult to count beads because the number and size vary from capsule to capsule...the easiest should be to call the doctors office and make the request for lower dose capsules - but know that 37.5mg is the lowest...but you might see if the doc is okay with taking it every other day or some other taper. In my experience, it helped to hold at the same dosage (in my case 37.5mg) for a few weeks instead of the one week as originally planned.
Not all of the SSRIs/SNRIs are difficult to taper....but just as many people have side effects getting on....you get to revisit what you had on your way off.
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@youngsally I'm trying to taper off 37.5mg venlafaxine XR, and my pharmacist told me to open the capsule and take those beads seperately, but I keep reading that those capsule should not be open at all.. Don't know what to think.
My 37.5mg capsules contains 3 beads(mini tablets) (I assume those are 12.5mg).
My plan was to go this way: 37.5>25>12.5>0... but 👇
❝ Capsules should never be split. Removal of beads from capsules to accomplish titration is not a recommended method of tapering. ❞
src: Colleen Young, Mayo Clinic Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Oct 14, 2018 | connect_mayoclinic_org/comment/220253/
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I use generic venalafaxine and it’s is in tablets that can be broken in half easily. Quarters require a little more effort but it might be better that capsule division