Posted by jeenobeano on December 10, 2003, at 14:45:09
In reply to Re: Effexor withdrawal - very bad news, posted by John2222 on December 10, 2003, at 14:25:48
> It's not very scientific to open the capsule and dump out say approx one half of the beads, but I've done it successfully to make up capsules of 1/2 of 37.5 which is about 19 mg.
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> I bought a big bag for $5 or $6 of the empty gel caps from the health food store to split them up. But you can just dump half out if you aren't as thifty as I was.
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> I stayed on 19 for several weeks when tapering off and it helped.
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> The 3rd day of none was the worst, but it got better. And going from 19 to 0 is better than going from 37.5 to zero.
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> *john*
> > Does anyone know if it's safe to open the capsules and take out a few grains of medicine the way I did? Or is the pharmacist that pours the drugs smarter than I'm thinking s/he is?
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> > Impatient for my pdoc appt this Friday...
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>Thanks for your input, John.
I've been so anxious/obsessed about what may or may not happen to me when I go off Effexor that I'm starting to think perhaps I need to be on some kind of med, after all, when the Effexor is finally bye-bye. I'm going to speak w/my doctors about perhaps switching to something that has more understood effects on the fetus/breastfeeding babies. Ah, the joys of GAD...
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