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I've been on xanax (alprazolam) for 3 months, doctor recently switched me to lorazepam, & i'd like to taper off. took 0.5mg of xanax/down to .25mg of lorazepam, how long should i take to taper off completely?

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Dr. Mohammad Shahzad answered

5-7 days: 025 mg for 2 days then 0.25 mg every other day for 4 days.

Answered 10/29/2016

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Dr. Sewa Legha answered

Over 2-3 weeks: If you do it slowly, you would not have any risk of relapse of your symptoms. So take more than one week to get off of it, two or even 3 weeks is even better.

Answered 10/29/2016

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A member asked:

I've been on xanax (alprazolam) for 3 months, doctor recently switched me to lorazepam, & i'd like to taper off. took 0.5mg of xanax/down to .25mg of lorazepam, how long should i take to taper off completely?

2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Dr. Mohammad Shahzad answered

Dr. Sewa Legha answered

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