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Doc asked me to taper off prozac (fluoxetine) from 40 mg to 30mg in a way that take 20mg on weekends and 40 on weekdays. is this the right way.

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How to taper prozac (fluoxetine): that seems rather odd. I generally don't see any problems with going down straight from 40 to 20mg if you do want to do 30mg, why not do 40 and 20 on alternate days

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