To help patients stop taking an antidepressant, most doctors use a strategy of gradually tapering the drug over time.

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Once the disease process is under control, oral steroids are tapered gradually to minimize their side effects.

Other antidepressants with short half-lives, such as venlafaxine, also should be tapered gradually.