The Road Back. Patient Workbook.

The Road Back is a program developed in 1999 to assist individuals taper off medication and eliminate existing side effects a person may be experiencing from the medication. As of April 2007, The Road Back Program has helped over 30,000 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 in entirety. This is the second edition. This book is also available in print. Click here if you wish to purchase. (Opens new browser window)

You will find all chapters below and on the left side of this 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.

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.

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.

* Many of you may feel you are the only one going through what ever you are going through. We assure you, you are not. The link that follows will open a new browser window. Just click the X at the top right of your screen when finished and you will back on this page. Take the time and read this, you can make it back. Click here.

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.

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. This Web Site or The Road Back does not sell these “super foods” or any other supplement. We provide information where they are located below on this page and within the “Suggested Nutritionals” chapter.

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.

There has been a major change effective April 10, 2008 with the supplier of the nutritional products we recommend, Global DNA Solutions. Global DNA no longer manufactures supplements.

For the last 9 years The Road Back had no intention of going into the supplement business but this changes things for us.

We are having all of the nutritional supplements used with this program manufactured and we will offer them through TRB Health.

This will ensure availability of all products and a better purchase price for you as well.

To order on the Web Site click here.

To order by telephone call 1-866-810-3809.

The practitioners or health stores below stock the nutritional products used with The Road Back Program. Please Note: Some of the providers below may sell other supplements. Replacing the specific products we recommend with another product or brand will lower your chance of success with this program.
	If you are from Europe or the United Kingdom, use Cellular Solutions below.

The healthcare professional below may still have some stock left of the Global DNA Solutions products used with this program.
State	Name	Offers
California	Body Mind Therapy 414 Yale Ave. Suite F Claremont, CA. 91711 Telephone - (951) - 443 - 0395 www.bodymindbalance.com Barbara Churchill M.Ed. Nutritionist/ Holistic Practitioner	Stocks all products used with The Road Back Program. May accept new patients. Will Ship Products
California	Dr. David Campanelli D.C. Dr. Eve Campanelli PhD. 292 S. La Cienega Blvd. Suite 307 Beverly Hills, CA. 90211 Telephone - (310) 855 - 1111	Stocks all products used with The Road Back Program. May accept new patients. Will ship products
California	Dr. Megan Shields M.D. Optimum Wellness Medical Group 1030 S. Glendale Ave Suite 503 Glendale, CA 91205 - Telephone - (818) 547 - 5400	Stocks all products used with The Road Back Program. May accept new patients. Does not ship products
Colorado	Dr. Jonathan Singer, DO 8400 E Prentice Ave, Suite 301 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Telephone (303) 488-0034 Fax (303) 488-0040 www.denver-doctor.com	Accepting new patients
Florida	Dr. Serena Bordes Holistic Heath Care Practitioner 9045 La Fontana Blvd #236, Boca Raton, FL 33434 Telephone - (561) - 906 - 5663 www.bordesnd.com BordesND@comcast.net	Accepts new patients. Does not stock products.
Florida	The Wisdom Shoppe 3949 Atlantic Blvd. Jacksonville, Fl. 32207 Telephone - (904) - 652 - 0498 Hours - Mon.-Tues. 9-5 -- Wed. 9-9 -- Thurs. Closed -- Fri. 12-5 -- Sat. 9-1 -- Sun. Closed.	Stocks all products used with The Road Back Program.
Illinois	Amit Dhingra Professional Pharmacy Amit Dhingra, Pharm D. 30 E. 15th St. Suite 204 Chicago Heights, IL. 60411 Telephone - (630) - 373 - 4195 E-mail adhing27@gmail.com	Stocks all products used with The Road Back Program. May accept new patients. Will ship products

Maryland	Dr. Alice Lee-Bloem M.D. Child, Adolescent & Adult Psychiatry 4108 Alfalfa Terrace Olney, Maryland 20832 Telephone - (301) 802 - 4474 www.holisticpsychiatrist.com alice@drbloem.com	Stocks all products. Does ship products May accept new patients.
New York	Dr. Michael Gurevich, M.D. Holistic Psychiatrist 997 Glen Cove Ave. Glen Head, N.Y. 11545 Telephone - (516) 674 - 9489 www.holisticmd.org migurevich@hotmail.com	Stocks all products used with The Road Back Program. May accept new patients.
New York	The Schachter Center for Complimentary Medicine Dr. Michael Schachter M.D. Two Executive Blvd. Suite 202 Suffern, New York 10901 Telephone (845) 368 - 4700 Extension - 145 www.schachtercenter.com	Stocks all products used with The Road Back Program. Accepts new patients. Will ship products
Texas	American Health Food 10944 Westheimer Houston, TX. Telephone (713) 785 - 4130	Stocks all products used with The Road Back Program. Will ship products
Texas	The Institute for Detoxification and Health The Woodlands, TX (Houston Suburb) Telephone - 281 - 362 - 7005 M.D.'s, Chiropractors, Detoxification Specialists, Acupuncture. Stage 1 and Stage 2 Detoxification	Stocks all products used with The Road Back Program. Accepts new patients. Does not ship products
Virginia	Nature's Touch Wellness Center 1403 Pemberton Road, Suite 104 Richmond, Virginia Afi Farjadi RN, CHHP, LMT Telephone (804) 212 - 8329 E-mail afifarjadi@hotmail.com	Stocks all products used with The Road Back Program. Accepts new patients.
Wyoming	Dr. Jonathan Singer, DO 1401 Airport Pkwy, Suite 150 Cheyenne, WY 82001 Telephone (307) 635-4362 Fax (307) 632-4929 www.denver-doctor.com	Accepts new patients.
Europe & Untied Kingdom	Cellular Solutions - Use if you are in United Kingdom or Europe only. + 44 01968 660736	Stocks all products used with The Road Back Program. Ships products to all countries except North America

* Detox Facility for Opiates or Narcotics Only - For information on a comfortable, confidential inpatient medical detoxification offering private rooms in an upscale setting where you can start or complete your detoxification program, contact Novus Medical Detox Centers. The website address is www.novusdetox.com

If you are a healthcare provider or vitamin store using The Road Back Program, please contact us so we may list your practice or store for our site visitors.

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."

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A Note From James Harper Founder, The Road Back

Table of Contents

Chapter

1. The Road Basics

2. The Four Simple Steps

3. Suggested Nutritionals for The Road Back Program

4. Things You Need to Know

5. Things to Be Aware Of

6. General Pre-Tapering and Tapering Instructions

7. Daily Journal

8. Graph Your Success

9. Pre-Taper For: Benzodiazepines, Anti-Convulsants, Anti-Anxiety & Sleep Medication

10. Pre-Taper For: Antidepressants, Anti-Psychotics and ADHD Medication

11. How to Taper Off Benzodiazepines, Anti-Convulsants, Anti-Anxiety and Sleep Medication

12. How to Taper Off Antidepressants, Anti-Psychotics and ADHD Medication

13. Once Off All Medication

14. What to Do If You Have Already Started to Taper Off Your Medication or Quit Cold Turkey

15. How to Taper Off Multiple Drugs

16. What You Can Do If You Have Never Taken Psychiatric Drugs

17. Science Behind The Road Back Program

References

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