Mortar and Pestle
Mortar and pestles are available online, at general retail outlets, and kitchen- and medical-supply stores. Stone, porcelain, stainless steel and ceramic models are recommended by most people in the lay withdrawal community, because wooden models are too porous and drug contents can stick to them or apparently even be absorbed.
In this section
- Step 10- Get Informed About Your Psychiatric Drug
- Step 11- Ensuring that a Drug is Relatively ‘Taper-friendly’
- Step 12- Interactions, Reactions and Sensitivities
- Step 13- Taper Rates
- Step 14- Taper Schedules
- Step 15- Taper Methods
- Step 16- Preparatory Decisions
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Step 17- Gather the Gear
- Adapter Caps
- Bead-counting Surface
- Counting Implement
- Digital Scale
- Empty Capsules
- Graduated Cylinders and Pipettes
- Jars
- Labels and Pen/marker
- Measuring Bowl or Tray
- Mortar and Pestle
- Pharmaceutical-grade Powder Filler
- Pill Bottles
- Pill Organizer
- Refrigerator and/or Cooler Bag
- Slip Tip Syringes
- Transferring Implements
- Step 18- Essential Skills
- Step 19- Setting Up a Taper Journal
- Step 20- Implementing a Taper
TWP’s Companion Guide to Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal Part 2: Taper