The Road Back is a Patent Pending program, developed in 1999 to assist individuals to taper off medication and eliminate existing side effects a person may be experiencing from the medication.

The Road Back Program has now helped tens of thousands of individuals taper off their medication.

The Road Back book, How to Get Off Psychiatric Drugs Safely, details the entire process and is available for free on this Web Site.

You will find all chapters on the left side of each page. We have included a "printer friendly page" for all chapters as well. The link to the "printer friendly page" is located near the top left of each page.

If you have already reduced the medication or quit cold turkey please click here

The Road Back Program handles side effects caused by benzodiazepine, anti-anxiety, anticonvulsant, sleep medication, antidepressants, anti-psychotic, and ADHD medication, allowing a person to taper off the medication virtually side effect free.

Take a moment and read what people have to say about this program. A positive change can happen rather quickly. Click here (opens new browser window)

Many people are not sure if they want to quit their medication, but they do need to find a way to get rid of the existing side effects. Regardless, you can use this program as well and then decide, if you really need the medication.

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Healthcare providers - If you wish to receive education credits being trained how to administer The Road Back program in your practice, James Harper will be a presenter at several medical conferences during the remainder of 2009 and is already booked for conferences in 2010. Click here and send an us an e-mail and we will send you the dates as well as the conference subject.

Benzodiazepine, Anti-anxiety, Anticonvulsant, or Sleep Medication

If you are taking any of this class of medication and suffering from side effects or wish to taper off the medication, click the link on the left, Pre-Taper For: Benzodiazepines, Anti-Convulsants, Anti-Anxiety & Sleep Medication. On this page, you will read a systematic method detailing how to get rid of existing side effects. This would also be the first step if you were going to taper off the medication.

There are a few nutritional products or “super foods” we recommend to alleviate the drug-induced side effects. You can read about each one in the chapter, Suggested Nutritionals for The Road Back Program.

The dreaded benzodiazepine withdrawal side effects of increased anxiety and insomnia no longer need to be the case. Even Klonopin, Valium  and Ativan withdrawal side effects are now handled regularly by people using this program.

If you have have tried to get off a benzodiazepine or sleep medication before and you suffered or things only got worse, there is an answer. With this program you do not even begin to lower your medication until all or nearly all of your existing side effects are gone. Take a moment and imagine how it would feel to be able to lower the drug and feel good during the process. It can happen and does happen each day for thousands of people.

Antidepressants, Anti-psychotics and ADHD Medication

If you are taking any of this class of medication, and suffering from side effects or wish to taper off the medication, click the link on the left, Pre-Taper For: Antidepressants, Anti-Psychotics and ADHD Medication. On this page, you will read a systematic method detailing how to get rid of existing side effects. This would also be the first step if you were going to taper off the medication.

There are a few nutritional products or “super foods” we recommend to alleviate the drug-induced side effects. You can read about each one in the chapter, Suggested Nutritionals for The Road Back Program.

We know 98% of every individual coming to this Web Site has already tried to taper off their medication at least once, and are now suffering, or they have already began reducing the medication and are suffering, or they have already quit their medication and are still suffering from the side effects.

Click one of the links on the left side of this page that fits your circumstance. There is a solution and relief can come relatively fast.

Check with your physician before embarking on any taper program.

Feel free to print any or all of the text found on this site and take it to your healthcare provider. Many physicians refer their patients to us for the information we provide and the physicians simply write a new prescription for the next lower dosage of the medication when the time comes.

This program is simple to use and very effective when used exactly.

The nutritional supplements used in this program can be purchased directly from the manufacturer, from several retail stores and several health care providers.

If your group or organization is in the Los Angeles, California area and you would like to have Jim Harper as a speaker you can send him an e-mail by clicking here.

Dr. Donald E. McAlpine, Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic.: "It's important to taper off slowly, extending the taper over several weeks under your physician's direction. When you stop too quickly, you may experience so-called "discontinuation symptoms," which can masquerade as relapse."