Maybe pregabalin arrived in your life as a pain medication. Maybe another prescriber offered it as a bridge while you came off a benzodiazepine. Either way, you are taking it…
What is vilazodone, and why is stopping it harder than starting it? Vilazodone, sold as Viibryd, is an antidepressant approved in the United States for major depressive disorder in adults.…
Is it hard to stop taking nortriptyline or amitriptyline? Nortriptyline and amitriptyline are tricyclic antidepressants, a class of drugs that was in wide use decades before Prozac existed. Their labels…
Why is it so hard to stop taking pregabalin? Pregabalin, sold as Lyrica, is a gabapentinoid, a close relative of gabapentin, and its United States prescribing information groups it with…
Why would anyone want to taper off of mirtazapine? Mirtazapine, sold under the brand name Remeron, is an antidepressant with a tetracyclic chemical structure. In the United States, its label…
Deciding to come off a psychiatric medication is often the easy part. The hard part is the pace, and that is where most attempts go wrong. People stop on their…
Informed consent should be the strongest protection a patient has. Before any psychiatric medication is started, the prescriber should explain what the drug can do, what it can cost, how…
Most people searching for a psychiatric drug tapering doctor have already discovered the hard part: wanting to reduce a medication is not enough. Antidepressants, antipsychotics, gabapentinoids, and other psychotropic medications…
Why is Lexapro so hard to get off of? Lexapro, or escitalopram, is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, or SSRI, and a widely prescribed antidepressant. Many people take it for…
Why a Proper SSRI Tapering Schedule Matters Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are among the most commonly prescribed medications worldwide, used for depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and other…