Due to insurance complications, my doc switched me from the generic of effexor to brand name pristiq Has anyone ever experienced switching the 2 medications.?
i switched straight from pristiq to effexor, no taper. i was prescribed pristiq away at school (in a foreign country where name brand medications were common), then ended up hospitalized within a week of returning home. the psych hospital didn't have pristiq. i went from 50mg pristiq to 150mg effexor without any side effects.
Switching from Pristiq 25mg to Effexor 37.5 tonight. What should I expect? Is it pretty seemless? Been on this dose of Pristiq for a year.
I initially took Pristiq and then had to switch to Effexor in order to taper, because Pristiq is even more impossible to safely taper than Effexor, because it only comes in extended release and in impossibly high doses. I spent two whole years searching for a way out of Pristiq before I found I could switch to Effexor!!
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Switching from Effexor to Pristiq can still result in a withdrawal syndrome. These are not interchangeable drugs and not everyone will find
Pristiq and Effexor are basically the same drug, although Pristiq is a concentrated version of Effexor, in other words Pristiq is stronger, and both drugs are difficult to withdrawal from. I think because you switched out 50mg of Pristiq for 37.5mg of Effexor is the reason you are having such difficultly (as well as the 50% reduction of Pristiq).
We have a member who switched from Pristiq to Effexor and found that her switch from 50 mg Pristiq to 75 mg Effexor didn't feel quite right.
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