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Posted by newo38 on January 3, 2012, at 19:11:07
If you have how did you do it and how was it? People say it is kinda rough? I am going to Savella btw.
Posted by Tony P on January 4, 2012, at 0:02:25
In reply to Has anyone switched from effexor to another snri?, posted by newo38 on January 3, 2012, at 19:11:07
> If you have how did you do it and how was it? People say it is kinda rough? I am going to Savella btw.
I have switched a couple of times from Effexor to Cymbalta; I don't have any experience with Savella, but the article in Wikipedia sounds like it has similar SNRI profile to Cymbalta.
While withdrawing completely from Effexor can be very rough, I have never had any trouble switching to another SNRI or SSRI (in particular Cymbalta & Lexapro respectively). I simply overlapped for a week or two decreasing doses of one with increasing doses of the other. Your pharmacist or pdoc can advise you on equivalent doses (my pharmacist was very helpful).
Posted by Phillipa on January 4, 2012, at 10:03:26
In reply to Re: Has anyone switched from effexor to another snri?, posted by Tony P on January 4, 2012, at 0:02:25
I also have always just done a switch over with no side effects noted. I guess this depends on the person of course. And I wonder if you in are a responder to ad's if the withdrawal occurrs then? Phillipa
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