Posted by Tony P on January 4, 2012, at 0:02:25
In reply to Has anyone switched from effexor to another snri?, posted by newo38 on January 3, 2012, at 19:11:07
> If you have how did you do it and how was it? People say it is kinda rough? I am going to Savella btw.
I have switched a couple of times from Effexor to Cymbalta; I don't have any experience with Savella, but the article in Wikipedia sounds like it has similar SNRI profile to Cymbalta.
While withdrawing completely from Effexor can be very rough, I have never had any trouble switching to another SNRI or SSRI (in particular Cymbalta & Lexapro respectively). I simply overlapped for a week or two decreasing doses of one with increasing doses of the other. Your pharmacist or pdoc can advise you on equivalent doses (my pharmacist was very helpful).
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