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Hi -- i have been taking 150mg of trazadone for sleep for 10 years and need to get off it. how quickly can i taper off?
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Tapering down. : Taper is prudent to avoid withdrawal effects, you can decrease the dose to 100 mg for one week, then 50 for the next week and discontinue. With trazodone tolerance, dependence, and withdrawal effects have not been reliably demonstrated.
Answered 9/27/2016
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