I counted about 350 beads in one 150 generic venlafaxine XR. so I'm taking 20 beads off for 6 weeks than 40 beads etc. If it gets a bit rough I'll just cut back on the amount as the dose gets smaller. Naturally 40 beads subtracted from 350 not the same as front say 200. I'm going to strive to make each drop about 6% of whatever the current dose is. So basically I'll be talking 310 beads a day for 42 days then 270 for the next 42 days. Then 296 for 42 days then 280 then 256 ,240 ,225,210,198,186,175,165,155 ,146,137,129,121,116,109,102,96,90 ,85,80,75,70, 64,60,56,52,50,47,34,32,30,28,26,24,22,21,20,19.18,17,etc