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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.
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 considered a potential intervention with reported safety and feasibility. [12] [13] For a wide range of medications, including diuretics, blood pressure medication, sedatives, antidepressants, benzodiazepines and nitrates, adverse effects of deprescribing are rare.
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.
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 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 ...
Antidepressants, including SSRIs, can cross the placenta and have the potential to affect the fetus and newborn, including an increased chance of miscarriage, presenting a dilemma for pregnant women to decide whether to continue to take antidepressants at all, or if they do, considering if tapering and discontinuing during pregnancy could have ...
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.