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How to taper off taking 10 mg escitalopram. been on it 2 years.
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Slow taper: First of all, are you sure you want to go off it? Is that what the doctor ordered? If yes, you can do a slow taper by reducing to 5mg for a week, then take it alternate days for a further 5 days then stop. Keep an eye out for how you feel over the next few weeks to months after stopping.
Answered 3/19/2017
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