Hello Anyone on Pritiq before surgery if so what did you do after surgery, can it be taken?

I've been on Pristiq for 3 years now. I was able to take it up until the day of surgery. While I was in the hospital, the switched me to Xanax, because it can be crushed. Then when I came home I was able to resume the Pristiq after a week when I was on full liquids.

Hope this helps!

I've been on Pristiq for 3 years now. I was able to take it up until the day of surgery. While I was in the hospital, the switched me to Xanax, because it can be crushed. Then when I came home I was able to resume the Pristiq after a week when I was on full liquids.

Hope this helps!

It does help thanks so much! Did you have any withdrawls during the week you were off, I was told you should go off it gradually? I have Xanex so I can continue that, I am having anxiety about my anxiety lol thanks for helping the surgeons office was not any help with it..

Not too many symptoms being off of it. I think the Xanax kept me from really feeling the effects of it. Plus I take Topamax at night, so that helped too. When you have surgery, they'll send you home with some sort of narcotic that'll make you sleep a lot. Plus the anti nausea meds make you sleepy too. I slept a lot, and felt like crap, generally (the first 3 weeks after surgery SUCK), so I didn't even notice feeling withdrawl symptoms. But, I think the Xanax helps keep your dopamine levels high enough that you don't go in the DTs from not being on the Pristiq. I have to have my Pristiq with food otherwise it makes me throw up, so I had to wait until I could have full liquids, so I could have it with a Protein shake. But, if you can take it without food, you can probably take it as soon as you can drink an ounce of Clear Liquids. It's small enough that it doesn't get stuck, and it doesn't need to be crushed.

It does help thanks so much! Did you have any withdrawls during the week you were off, I was told you should go off it gradually? I have Xanex so I can continue that, I am having anxiety about my anxiety lol thanks for helping the surgeons office was not any help with it..