Posted by spike4848 on February 24, 2002, at 20:19:33
In reply to Too many meds for bp 2?/neurontin dosing, posted by Chloe on February 24, 2002, at 19:49:51
> Anyone have any thoughts on taking subtherapuetic doses of lots of meds?
> And about the timing or dosing of the neurontin with the depakote?
> Comments?
> Thanks for letting me ramble. Sorry if it's a little incoherent...Sometimes hard to think straight:)
> ChloeThis is from a physician's perspective ... In the old days, we use to treat diseases like hypertension with one medication and raise to dose to maximum. Unforunately, patients would get all sorts of side effects and need to stop the medication. Now we treat with low to medium doses of 2 or 3 medications. This has two benefits- 1. Patients have little or no side effects 2. The disease is better controlled, by using several meds you attack the disease at several different levels.
This is the trend in psychiatry .... use 2,3,4,5 meds at low to medium doses. This reduces side effects and controls the disease better.
Hope this helped.
Spike, (M.D.)
PS I use to take high dose nardil and had aweful side effects and had to stop. Now I am on zoloft/neurontin/klonopin and will add selegine soon.
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