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In medicine, tapering is the practice of gradually reducing the dosage of a medication to reduce or discontinue it. Generally, tapering is done is to avoid or minimize withdrawal symptoms that arise from neurobiological adaptation to the drug. [1] [2]
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Taper and conservative switch with a medication-free washout period. ... Don’t ever adjust your dosage or stop taking your antidepressant without talking to your healthcare provider or ...
A drug holiday (sometimes also called a drug vacation, medication vacation, structured treatment interruption, tolerance break, treatment break or strategic treatment interruption) is when a patient stops taking a medication(s) for a period of time; anywhere from a few days to many months or even years if the doctor or medical provider feels it is best for the patient.
Withdrawn at request of NDA originator, "not for reason of safety or efficacy." [8] [9] Astemizole (Hismanal) 1999 US, Malaysia, Multiple Nonspecified Markets Fatal arrhythmia [2] [3] Azaribine: 1976 US Thromboembolism. [3] Bendazac: 1993 Spain Hepatotoxicity. [3] Benoxaprofen (Oraflex, Opren) 1982 Germany, Spain, UK, US
Wellbutrin is effective at reducing the severity of depression symptoms for most people, but like other antidepressants, it doesn’t always start working right away.
Recent research (Nixon & Vendelø, 2016) shows that General Practitioners (GPs) who actively consider discontinuation, are reluctant to do so, as they experience that the safest decision is to continue prescriptions, rather than discontinue them. In part this is due to the ambiguity about the appropriateness of discontinuing medication.
The aim of this study was to review all available evidence to determine the likely incidence of discontinuation symptoms directly caused by stopping antidepressants, the probable incidence of ...