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Medical Forum / General / Pharmacy / July 2005trying to get off zyprexa
I am trying to do a very slow taper off zyprexa. The smallest I can cut the smallest pill, 2.5mg, is into 4ths. I need to go smaller than that in order to do a responsible taper. Someone suggested to me that I create a liquid titration of zyprexa in boiling water and reduce that way. Does anyone know reasons why this might not work? Has anyone done it before? thanks. >I am trying to do a very slow taper off zyprexa. The smallest I can cut > the smallest pill, 2.5mg, is into 4ths. I need to go smaller than that [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > thanks. Why do you have to taper to such small doses? Are you exhibiting withdrawal effects, or do your symptoms come back when you discontinue the drug too fast? I'm having withdrawals. boiling a drug doesn;t make much sense. it probably will be useless however, withdrawl from zyprexa? how do you describe withdrawal symptoms? Are the symptoms of your disease coming back? jp rph No, these are NOT symptoms of my "disease" coming back. These are withdrawal symptoms--vomiting, for example, that has nothing to do with my "disease", which was misdiagnosed to begin with. I should never have been put on an antipsychotic! I have a suggestion. Crush a tablet in a kitchen mortar, using the accompanying pestle. Crush gently -- do not pound. Then add powdered sugar and mix well. Remove this mixture with a spatula from the mortar, and you can then divide this in halves, quarters, eights, etc. This way you can get the dose you want, provided it is in units of one-half each time. Good luck. >I am trying to do a very slow taper off zyprexa. The smallest I can cut > the smallest pill, 2.5mg, is into 4ths. I need to go smaller than that [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > thanks. |
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