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Adults taking antidepressants who want to come off their medication should not go cold turkey and should instead use a “staged” approach, experts have said.
Deprescribing is often done with people who have multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity), older people, and people who have a limited life expectancy. [5] In all of these situations, certain medications may contribute to an increased risk of adverse events, and people may benefit from a reduction in the amount of medication taken.
Withdrawal of anti-hypertensive drugs in older people The latest evidence does not have evidence of an effect due to discontinuing vs continuing medications used for treating elevated blood pressure or prevention of heart disease in older adults on all-case mortality and incidence of heart attack. [ 8 ]
Withdrawn at request of NDA originator, "not for reason of safety or efficacy."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
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 ...
Don’t stop your current antidepressant or adjust your dosage without professional guidance. This could cause you to experience antidepressant withdrawal symptoms or a relapse of your depression ...
The stopping of antidepressants for example, can lead to antidepressant discontinuation syndrome. With careful physician attention, however, medication prioritization and discontinuation can decrease costs, simplify prescription regimens, decrease risks of adverse drug events and poly-pharmacy, focus therapies where they are most effective, and ...
There are many types of antidepressants. There’s no one-size-fits-all option when it comes to medication. What works for someone else may not work for you, and vice versa.