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In medicine, tapering is the practice of gradually reducing the dosage of a medication to reduce or discontinue it. Generally, tapering is done is to avoid or minimize withdrawal symptoms that arise from neurobiological adaptation to the drug. [1] [2]
Methods of prevention include gradually decreasing the dose among those who wish to stop, though it is possible for symptoms to occur with tapering. [2] [6] [4] Treatment may include restarting the medication and slowly decreasing the dose. [2] People may also be switched to the long-acting antidepressant fluoxetine which can then be gradually ...
Voluntary patient-centered opioid tapering has shown success with engagement and reduction of moderate and high-dose opioid doses over the course of months. [2] Principles of patient-centered opioid tapering include: patient consent to taper, patient ability to control the pace of the taper, and pause the taper if desired. Recent published ...
The basics: A four-phase plan, the diet starts out severely restricting carb consumption and gradually increases the amount allowed. Positives: Stresses nutrient-rich foods. Effective for weight loss.
Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome (BZD withdrawal) is the cluster of signs and symptoms that may emerge when a person who has been taking benzodiazepines as prescribed develops a physical dependence on them and then reduces the dose or stops taking them without a safe taper schedule.
To make more gradual changes, the Fed can increase or decrease the amount of Treasury bonds it buys. Bond tapering means that the Fed reduces the number of bonds it purchases. Again, this reduces ...
(Reuters) -The watchword the last time Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell oversaw a rate-hiking cycle was "gradual." "Powell put a kibosh on any type of 'measured/gradual' guidance, because the ...
A cross-taper is accomplished by gradually discontinuing the pre-switch antipsychotic while simultaneously up-titrating the new antipsychotic. [1] An overlap and discontinuation switch involves maintaining the pre-switch antipsychotic until the new antipsychotic is gradually titrated up, then gradually titrating down on the pre-switch ...