How to Stop Taking Zoloft
Things You'll Need
- Prescription from your doctor
- Pill cutter (optional)
Instructions
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Talk to your prescribing doctor about getting off Zoloft. Your doctor will give you the proper prescription, if necessary, as well as her recommendations.
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Start taking 25 mg less than the previously prescribed dose. This may require a new prescription or cutting pills in half to get the correct new dosage. Take this new dose for one week.
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Reduce the dose again by 25 mg, maintaining this new dose for another week.
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Repeat step 3 once a week until you are off Zoloft. This can take two to eight weeks, depending on your original dose.
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