Posted by MB on July 17, 2000, at 11:28:18
In reply to How I quit Effexor with Minimal Side Effects!!!, posted by KathyS on July 15, 2000, at 11:02:49
Have your doc get you some 37.5mg (or 25mg, I think) immediate release tabs. Break them up into quarters. When you get low enough on the sustained release, and are ready to quit, quit taking the SR. Whenever you get too nauseaus, or dizzy, pop one of your little pieces, but only do it when it gets really bad. This is what I did, and over a period of a couple weeks, the time span between small pieces of Effexor got longer and longer until I didn't need them anymore. It might work for you :-)MB
ps. When I did this we didn't have the SR
form yet. I just did a taper with the
immediate release.
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