Posted by linkadge on April 30, 2010, at 14:03:46
In reply to Re: Withdrawing/Stopping Medications » JMB376, posted by Deneb on April 29, 2010, at 20:32:11
The reason people stop medications are complex. If a medication was working perfectly with no side effects, I think most people would continue to take it.
I didn't stop meds because they were working perfectly. I stopped meds because I didn't like the side effects and I wanted to reevaluate my underlying condition.
Sometimes stoping my medications was a very good thing, sometimes not. I would never tell somebody to keep taking their meds indefinately just because they are doing "ok".
If a person was doing "ok" on zyprexa, maybe its helping, maybe it isn't. I know people who stopped zyprexa when they didn't need it. In their case it was a *very good* thing as they have lost weight and lowered their diabetes risk. You can't just make blanket statements.
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