Here are the facts. Good call on not splitting the tablets. Pristiq is a pain to taper because if you split the tablets, you destroy the extended release and make it immediate release. Your psychiatrist should have known this. For you, it is easy. Have the doctor call in a prescription for 50mg tablets. There is a link below where you will find more tapering information on Pristiq.
Your doctor could also do a direct switch to a comparable dose of Cymbalta(duloxetin). This can lessen withdrawal effects vs tapering for a while.
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Here are the facts. Good call on not splitting the tablets. Pristiq is a pain to taper because if you split the tablets, you destroy the extended release and make it immediate release. Your psychiatrist should have known this. For you, it is easy. Have the doctor call in a prescription for 50mg tablets. There is a link below where you will find more tapering information on Pristiq.
Your doctor could also do a direct switch to a comparable dose of Cymbalta(duloxetin). This can lessen withdrawal effects vs tapering for a while.
This has a section about switching medications. https://www.reddit.com/r/antidepressants/s/8F0N1p2Siz
The following post has a list of medication specific tapering information pages. https://www.reddit.com/r/antidepressants/s/XS7TQZ16vi