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A member asked:

Been on 20 mg of prozac for 7 months would like to stop because of side effects my dr said i can take 25 mg of trazadone for sleep will this interfer with prozac withdrawal?

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No: prozac is a very long lasting medication it will gradually self taper and get out of your system aver up to 5 weeks

Dr Fowler and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 6/29/2020

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Safe: The Prozac and Trazodone may both be antidepressant medications but they are quite different chemically. The use of Trazodone won't prevent you from coming off of Prozac.

Answered 6/30/2020

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