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Reducing and stopping antidepressants

Antidepressants: Quality prescribing - a guide for improvement
Scottish Government Effective Prescribing & Therapeutics Division
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Standard reduction: SSRI, SNRI, TCA, Other antidepressants

Difficulty withdrawing SSRI/SNRI

Significant difficulty/fear of withdrawing SSRI/SNRI

Discontinuation

Considerations for reduction and/or stopping an antidepressant

Standard reduction approaches

Difficulty withdrawing SSRI/SNRI

Significant difficulty or fears withdrawing SSRI/SNRI

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