Artificial sweeteners are many times sweeter than sugar, so it takes a smaller amount to sweeten foods. This is why foods made with artificial sweeteners may have fewer calories than those made with sugar. Sugar substitutes don't affect your blood sugar level. In fact, most artificial sweeteners are considered free foods â foods containing less than 20 calories and 5 grams or less of carbohydrates â because they don't count as calories or carbohydrates on a diabetes exchange.
I would say it took maybe 3 months for the luvox to start working, and 6 months to work better, i say this because this is the time that it took me to start having a life almost as normal as possible.
It is recommended to taper off of Luvox by reducing your dosage at a rate of 10% per month. Since this drug has an extremely short half-life, reductions in dose should be very gradual. If you feel 10% is too slow or quick of a taper (based on your circumstances), you can adjust the percentage accordingly.