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A member asked:

I am on 5mg buspar (buspirone) for my stomach. the medication has been causing me a lot of side effects. would it be okay to stop suddenly?

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Check w your doc: Pharmacologically speaking, a 5 mg dose of Buspar (buspirone) is very low, and not likely to cause any sort of withdrawal syndrome from sudden stopping, but you were place on this drug for a reason. Best advice is to discuss this with your doc to determine if you need to change meds or stop this drug.

Answered 2/18/2015

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