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@samrichardson

❝ Capsules should never be split. Removal of beads from capsules to accomplish titration is not a recommended method of tapering. ❞

Fine, but there is no dose below 37.5mg for Venlafaxine XR ... How am I supposed to taper it off if I cannot take any of those beads off the capsule ?

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What did you end up doing? My doctor advised that i take the 37.5 mg every other day for 2 weeks but I didn’t feel comfortable doing that. Whenever i would miss one pill the symptoms were horrible so it just didn’t seem like the right way to do it. Im a week into tapering down by removing beads. Im down to 6 beads removed and I dont notice any symptoms yet but i am nervous for the weeks to come. I also do not know when it would be safe to just stop taking it all together or do i just keep removing beads slowly until like 10 mg..