RACGP officially endorses Aussie doctor’s antidepressant deprescribing guidelines

Author Dr Mark Horowitz says his own experience with antidepressant weaning was 'the most hellish experience' of his life.
Dr Mark Horowitz.

New deprescribing guidelines from an Australian-born doctor who battled antidepressant withdrawal symptoms have become the latest RACGP-backed clinical resource.

Dr Mark Horowitz published The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines — which cover antidepressants, benzodiazepines, gabapentinoids and Z-drugs — in January after taking years to wean himself off escitalopram.