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I am taking activan .25 mg 2x a day for a week. i'm feeling better and would like to wean off. i've used activan before and it's taken months to stop?
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Wean off : Why are you on Ativan (lorazepam) !!! You are on such a small dose this time and the pill is so small , if you try to cut it in half it will crumble . Stop the Am dose and then after about 3-4 days cut out the PM dose to every other night then stop . After that don't use it or only occasionally as needed . Seek some council long , so you don't have to resort to using this stuff . Good luck .
Answered 6/24/2014
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