Posted by Racer on February 10, 2008, at 9:38:57
In reply to Re: There's not enough information to answer, posted by clipper40 on February 10, 2008, at 0:30:23
Since neither of those drugs will be out of her system in four days, I'd recommend your friend ask her psychiatrist to talk to this doctor about whether she really has to stop them. It's possible he's worried about an interaction with the dye, but I'd think that would be just as likely if she's off them for four days as if she's taken them all along.
The only other reason I can think of to stop the Effexor is that it can affect blood pressure, but this still sounds like an excess of caution to me. If that's true, then I doubt he'll be amenable to Prozac, either.
Truly, I'd recommend that she discuss this with her psychiatrist. If the doctor performing the procedure is set that she has to stop these medications, one 20mg dose of Prozac might be enough to ease her through the period she has to be off the medications.
Honestly, I wonder if the doctor doing the procedure *knows* that Effexor has such a withdrawal problem? It could be simple ignorance of that one fact on his part. I think he's the only one who can really answer why she has to be off meds, and if your friend finds it hard to talk to him, maybe her psychiatrist can discuss it with him.
Hope that helps.
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