Can you ask your doctor or pharmacist to prescribe the proper amount in multiple capsules - so you would start with 4 x 37.5mg at one time to make up 150 and then taper down with the number of pills you take each time?

@ercoled57
So actually your cutting by a specific milligram which makes the situation even worse than I thought. What’s going to happen as you get farther along in your taper the percentage of what is 25% now will increase which may increase any withdrawal symptoms. I agree switching over to the regular Effexor may come with some challenges and may take a couple, maybe more, weeks to get regulated but it seems more logical to do that than to jump off Effexor at 37.5 and then go to zero. I have little doubt that you will suffer more when you quit than if you convert.
Some members have reduced the beads in the capsule while others have converted it to a suspension.
Jake

Another option and the best one is to use a Compounding Pharmacy.
Jake

If you can taper successfully down to a daily 37.50mg tab of Effexor (generic form is Venlafaxine) without any noticeable side effects, then you could try cutting the tabs in quarters with an exacto knife blade and take 3/4 tab for two weeks, then taper to 1/2 for two weeks, and continue until you have gotten down to 1/4 tab for a couple of weeks. I followed this plan and I made it successfully without any major side effects in my final tapering off. Good luck in finding the slow taper that works for you!