Posted by bleauberry on May 11, 2011, at 5:13:28
In reply to Pristiq Taper: Any ideas???, posted by Laurie1041 on May 8, 2011, at 0:34:09
The compounding pharmacy approach is a great idea. I would make the steps in 5mg steps rather than 10mg steps. That's just me though. 10mg is a pretty big step.
The crushing and measuring is not as complicated as you made it sound. So assume you have 4 equal size piles of powder and you scraped away maybe the tip of one of those piles. Well, we don't know the dosage you are taking. Does it matter? No. It's around 45mg, plus or minus, and doesn't matter. You could say, wow I'm down to 2 1/2 piles a day now versus 4 piles a month ago, I'm doing good with this.
All you need is a bowl, a spoon or knife to crush, a flat plate, and a single edged razor blade. A compounding pharmacy is ideal however because it makes it all so easy. The accuracy thing is not a big deal when you're talking a few milligrams.
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