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I trust my doc, just wanting to know if this cross taper seems safe. I am tapering from lexapro (escitalopram) to luvox (fluvoxamine) I am currently on 25 mg lexapro. Here?s the schedule days 1-4: drop to 10 mg lexapro, start 25 mg luvox days 5-9: 5 mg lexapro, 50 mg luvox days 9 onwards: stop lexapro, 100 mg luvox onwards this is a fast taper I understand, but I cannot have a gap in my treatment. Does this taper seem adequate and safe in your opinion? Do cross tapers cause withdrawal symptoms from the other drugs, or issues such as vomiting? (my ocd is largely around vomiting, so I am nervous about that during the taper.)


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