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Re: Serzone Withdrawal??

Posted by Tony P on September 6, 2001, at 3:14:55

In reply to Re: Serzone Withdrawal??, posted by Kathleen6674 on September 5, 2001, at 17:40:29

I also recommend tapering, somwhere in the range between what your doc has suggested and Kathleen's regime. Once you're down to 50 mg. a day for two or three days, stopping feels like nothing (in my experience). Paradoxically, the withdrawal (for me) seemed to be harder early in treatment (say 5 months) than it was when I tried a holiday again after several years, so tapering is important. When I was on 300 mg and taking it all at night, in the first year or so I would sometimes get quite squirrelly if I delayed my dose for more than an hour or two. But as long as I took SOME at the right time the tapering off was pretty mild. You're on a low dose, which should also make it easier.

Get a pill cutter from the drugstore if you don't already have one - they're very useful! The Serzone pills being flat, you can easily halve or even quarter them to help smooth things out.

Good luck,
Tony P

> I tapered gradually - I decreased by 50 mgs every three days, so it took me a few weeks to get off the stuff completely.
>
> I didn't have any withdrawal effects - in fact, I felt better the less of the stuff I had in my system (it caused me some probs).
>
> Everyone's different, so you may or may not have the same experience. I did find the slow incremental way to be good for me, though. Good luck!


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