[Jan 10, 97 - 04:02] Bob Moylan of 1:275/429.5 wrote to Jerry Schwartz:
BM>  I think I started this particular sub-thread in a reply to Jane.  You
BM>  are right..there are many meds that, if they have been taken over a
BM>  long period of time to build up to a theraputic level, should not be
BM>  abruptly discontinued.  My reference was to prozac and a bad reaction
BM>  within the first 24 - 48 hours - you bet I'd stop.
Actually, Prozac is a bad example as is marijuana, for the same reason: both 
persist so long in the body that the tapering effect is automatic.  Nobody 
really knows if there is such a thing as physical withdrawal from marijuana, 
because it leaves the fatty tissues so gradually.
Jerry Schwartz
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