Posted by 49er on March 25, 2009, at 16:59:45
In reply to Re: Question about Risperdal Withdrawal (pill form), posted by LaurasMeds on March 25, 2009, at 16:21:02
> I'm dropping half of a .25mg pill every month
Hi,
You might want to slow that taper down to 10% of the current dose every 3 to 6 weeks. That is the recommendation on the Paxil Progress boards for antidepressants. Therefore, you might want to go even more slowly with antipsychotic. How to do it?
1. Can Risperdal be crushed? If it can, then I would buy digital jewelry scale on Ebay in .001g measurements for around $15 to $30 dollars.
2. Buy empty gelatin capsules. I got mine at http://www.vitacost.com
3. Crush the current dose you are taking and put it in the gelatin capsule and weigh. That is the measurement you want to reduce from when it is time to do so.
If Risperdal can't be crushed, you could get your doctor to write a prescription for the dose you can't get at your local CVS. Sorry, due to being tired from lack of sleep that I can't blame on med withdrawal, I can't think if the link to give you to find a local compound pharmacy. But do a google search.
The downside is that many compound pharmacies will make you pay up front and then collect from insurance.
Anyway, I hope you can find a way to slow the taper down because it is the key in my opinion. I have tapered from 4 to 1 med doing it this way.
Ok, I have cheated a few times:)) but I have mostly stuck with it.
Hope this helps and good luck.
49er
PS - If you can't crush Risperday, you could still cut the med and weigh it to get the right amount. It just makes it alot harder to get the right measurement.
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