Prescribing and ordering

  1. Taperingstrips are only available on prescription. The order form signed by the psychiatrist/physician is a valid prescription.
  2. Taperingstrips should not be seen as a replacement for the healthcare care provided by a physician. Adequate support of patients during tapering, but also for some time afterwards, remains at all times essential for timely recognition of any signs of remission.
  3. Taperingstrips are a scientifically proven way to stop using medication with no (or a minimized number of) withdrawal symptoms.
  4. Together with the psychiatrist/physician, the patient can choose it’s own tapering trajectory.
  5. After signing the form, the physician should send the signed form to Regenboog Apotheek (Rainbow Pharmacy). The email address as well as the fax number is stated on the order form.
  6. The medication will be sent to the patient’s home address. The patient and the doctor will be informed by email.
  7. Taperingstrips can also be sent to patients outside the Netherlands, in accordance with the legislation of the receiving country.
  8. There are Taperingstrips for almost all psychotropic drugs. See below for all medicines, sorted in different groups

Antidepressants

  1. Agomelatine
  2. Amitriptyline
  3. Amitriptyline retard
  4. Bupropion
  5. Citalopram
  6. Clomipramine
  7. Duloxetine_ec
  8. Escitalopram
  9. Fluoxetine
  10. Fluvoxamine
  11. Lithium (Priadel, Camcolit)
  12. Lithium retard
  13. Mirtazapine
  14. Moclobemide
  15. Nortriptyline
  16. Paroxetine
  17. Sertraline
  18. Tranylcypromine
  19. Trazodon
  20. Venlafaxine_retard
  21. Vortioxetine

Antipsychotics

  1. Amisulpride
  2. Aripiprazol (Abilify)
  3. Clozapine (Leponex)
  4. Haloperidol (Haldol)
  5. Levomepromazine (Nozinan)
  6. Olanzapine (Zyprexa, Olasek)
  7. Paliperidon (Invega, Xeplion)
  8. Pimozide (Orap)
  9. Pipamperon
  10. Quetiapine (Seroquel)
  11. Quetiapine Retard
  12. Risperidon (Risperdal)
  13. Sulpiride (Dogmatil)

Sedatives

  1. Alprazolam
  2. Bromazepam
  3. Chloordiazepoxide
  4. Diazepam
  5. Flurazepam
  6. Lorazepam (Temesta)
  7. Midazolam
  8. Nitrazepam
  9. Oxazepam
  10. Temazepam
  11. Zolpidem
  12. Zopiclon

Analgesics

    1. Methadon
    2. Morfine
    3. Oxycodon_retard
    4. Tramadol

Anti-epileptics

    1. Carbamazepine
    2. Clonazepam
    3. Fenytoine
    4. Gabapentine
    5. Phenobarbital (Luminal)
    6. Pregabaline
    7. Topiramaat (Topamax)