Posted by jrbecker76 on March 12, 2014, at 13:07:00
In reply to cymbalta -cold turkey, posted by joe f on March 10, 2014, at 22:04:18
> dr thinks I may be having adverse reaction to Cymbalta been on 30 mg 8 weeks---wants me to stop cold turkey...is this crazy? also take tegretol-lamictal-klonopin.
Most people have reported a tougher experience withdrawing from Cymbalta than from SSRIs. My Cymbalta dose was always low to begin with - between 10 - 30 mg. It was always very tough for me to drop more than 20% at a time but I'm probably more sensitive than the average bear.I would probably advise against doing cold turkey. Options for reducing by smaller increments include:
1) opening up the capsules and eyeballing the dosage you need to cut.
2) get a lower dose compounded at a pharmacy that offers that (most major chains offer compounding services at one of their pharmacies in any given area). Your doc needs to write you a script for this though.
3) buy a cheap digital scale to weigh out the granules if you need to be more precise. They're a number available on Amazon. Here's the one I have and it works fairly accurately. Here's the one I have...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012TDNAM/ref=oh_details_o08_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
*Do NOT suspend the granules in liquid as this will damage the enteric coating needed to facilitate absorption into the bloodstream when in the GI tract.
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