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Re: Started NEURONTIN one pill a day -is this right? » CtrlAlt n Del

Posted by JohnX2 on March 27, 2002, at 2:23:57

In reply to Started NEURONTIN one pill a day -is this right?, posted by CtrlAlt n Del on March 27, 2002, at 2:03:11


I've heard of people taking it once a day. The main problem is that the medicine can be "bumpy" going up/down in your system. But at the really low dose it may not be as big an issue. It may be common for doctors to start once a day dosing just to start titrating into the medicine (my pdoc did this).

At the higher doses (I took 300 mg 3x a day), I believe convention is to dose 3x a day to try to keep the medicine circulating in the body at a steady state. This helps to prevent mood fluctuations from changes in blood levels.

Regards,
John

>
> Doc gave 100mg of neurontin ONE to be taken daily.
> Having half-life of 6-9 hours surely I should take it 3 times daily .
> Has my doc got it wrong again or is this dose normal when starting .
>
> many thanks.


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