hi i am 2 year old lady just married for 2 months ... i have been on paxidep 25 mg twice a day since 4 months and then taken 25 mg once a day for 3 weeks and now my doctor has teduced it to 12.5 mg once a day ... due to non availability of pills i could not take medicine from last one week and just got too sick with nausea dizziness and ringing in ears ... i just got my stock today and have taken 12.5 mg .... i want to ask when and how can i taper it off completely so that i dont have to suffer with all these severe withdrawl symptoms anymore
Hello, Tapering paid should be done under supervision and slowly. I usually reduce 12.5 mg at a time and ask the patient to take that reduced dosage for one to two weeks and then if he is OK, I further reduce the dosage by another 12.5 mg and let him be on this for 2-3 weeks...if he responds nicely then further reduction is done by 12.5 mg and ask him to continue it for 2-3 weeks and finally one can stop it completely. If in between there is any issue with reduced dosage it is good to wait for further reduction for -one to two months and then try again. Hope this helps.