Posted by silvercoin on August 4, 2006, at 7:36:49
In reply to Emsam- wait 2 weeks after taking SSRI?, posted by SadDoggie on August 3, 2006, at 23:00:33
> > The half life of Effexor's main metabolite is similar to that of Cymbalta at 11 +/- 2 hours. Theoretically, it should be completely cleared in 13 x 5 = 65 hours. I would allow a couple extra days to be safe and would suggest a similar time interval as Cymbalta, about 5 days.
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> Thanks for this information Todd. I think I can take 5 days, maybe I'll up the clonazepam for this :) I also had another question, if I want to get off the Emsam do I have to wait a number of days too? And if I do how many days?
There, you would need to wait at least 14 days before starting another antidepressant in order to recover MAO activity, and in this case, it would be quite imprudent to shorten the interval.Todd
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