Posted by clipper40 on February 8, 2008, at 8:30:00
I have a friend on Effexor 150 mg. and nortriptyline 75 mg. She was told that she had to go off of them cold turkey because she's having a medical procedure done in a few days. She's trying to find out if there's something else she can take now to avoid the horrible withdrawal symptoms.
Is the reason she has to go off of those meds because of the norepinephrine or would she have to go off of SSRIs as well? I'm wondering if she could take a little Prozac, Zoloft or even 5-HTP so that she won't have to suffer so much through this procedure. I know that Prozac can increase the concentrations of other drugs in the body so that might not work either.
If you have any good advice on this subject, I'd really appreciate it. I'd hate for this friend to have to go through withdrawal hell in addition to the frightening procedure she has to face.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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