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A member asked:
How can i taper off sertraline if i have been taking 25mg for three days then 50mg for 6 days?
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Over 1-2 weeks: Setraline can usually be tapered off over 1-2 weeks depending upon how you feel when the dose is decreased. That is to decrease the current dose to one half for 1 week and then 1/4 for another week and then discontinue. Usually the minimum dose is 25 mg after which you can discontinue.Do not stop taking sertraline earlier than as recommended by your physician as your symptoms can rapidly come back.
Answered 4/21/2013
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Talk w/your doc 1st: Please talk with the doctor who prescribed this medicine for you, before doing anything. There must have been a reason you received it, and it's not clear that whatever symptoms you were having, are gone. If sertraline isn't helping you, your doctor could make adjustments or changes -- but from your note you've only been on it for 9 days.
Answered 4/21/2013
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