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Tapering quetiapine (my first question here)
July 24, 2026··
Hi,
My first post/question on this forum. My son restarted his quetiapine taper 1 month ago. He came from 600 mg three years ago. He suffered PWS for one year I guess (my son's doctor for mentally handicapped does not have much knowledge about tapering). He has a lot of problems from the quetiapine like dystonia/dyskinesia. We microtapered one pill of 6,25 mg by microtapering with suspension, 2,5 ml in parst of 0,1 ml a day.
That is 7,6 % in 25 days. Is there anything at all one can say about how long it will take to reach 0 mg?
Are there known ranges (below 25 mg?) where one has to go below in my case that 7,6 %?
Or areas where one can go a little faster (below say 2 mg?)
Following a scheme with 7,6 % all the time would cost almost 6 years (see below my sig), without stabilisation periods.
Kind regards, Stefan.
Invoergegevens:
Startdosis: 75,00 mg
Afstappen bij: 0,2000 mg
Interval: 4 weken
Reductiepercentage per interval: 7,7
Aantal significante getallen: 4
Berekend:
Totale duur: 5 jaar(en) en 36 week(en)
Schema:
Weken Dosis (mg)
0 75,00
4 69,23
8 63,90
12 58,98
16 54,44
20 50,25
24 46,38
28 42,81
32 39,51
36 36,47
40 33,66
44 31,07
48 28,68
52 26,47
56 24,43
60 22,55
64 20,81
68 19,21
72 17,73
76 16,36
80 15,10
84 13,94
88 12,87
92 11,88
96 10,97
100 10,13
104 9,350
108 8,630
112 7,965
116 7,352
120 6,786
124 6,263
128 5,781
132 5,336
136 4,925
140 4,546
144 4,196
148 3,873
152 3,575
156 3,300
160 3,046
164 2,811
168 2,595
172 2,395
176 2,211
180 2,041
184 1,884
188 1,739
192 1,605
196 1,481
200 1,367
204 1,262
208 1,165
212 1,075
216 0,9922
220 0,9158
224 0,8453
228 0,7802
232 0,7201
236 0,6647
240 0,6135
244 0,5663
248 0,5227
252 0,4825
256 0,4453
260 0,4110
264 0,3794
268 0,3502
272 0,3232
276 0,2983
280 0,2753
284 0,2541
288 0,2345
292 0,2164
296 0,1997
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