Posted by SLS on September 29, 2006, at 9:52:46
In reply to Re: I signed the BAN EFFEXOR petition, posted by notfred on September 29, 2006, at 8:06:57
> > doctors have failed in their responsibilities to acknowledge this phenomenon and come up with a solution for how to discontinue the medication in a way that minimizes withdrawal effects. For now, doctors are failing to instruct patients explicitly how to taper medication.
> I agree some docs are clueless about this. But generalizing all docs is not fair. My present doc knows about the prozac method. Previous doc had me taper to get off Efexor, and use ativin during the taper.That was smart. I think there might be some kindling thing going on there with this withdrawal syndrome. A benzodiazepine or anticonvulsant might help prevent that. Did you experience any brain zaps?
You are right about the generalizing. However, sometimes it is necessary for effective writing. I still think the problem is pervasive enough so as to require more articles to be written in medical journals.
- Scott
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