Posted by colin wallace on March 27, 2002, at 3:31:32
In reply to Re: Really Small Doses Can Work! » colin wallace, posted by Zo on March 26, 2002, at 16:56:57
I've often wondered about this- from the time when I was thrown into such a mindless rage on a mid/high (150mg) dose of effexor that I actually bit my tooth in half!After I'd withdrawn (another story)from the stuff, I got to thinking about how many other poor unfortunates had possibly gone right over the edge, or worse, due to the initiation of these 'normal' doses.Given that (from memory) the larger percentage of suicides occur within the first 30 days of AD therapy, and whilst the patient is taking doses toward the higher range, would it not make more sense,as you said, to err on the side of caution and aim/stay low, for the first month at least!
Maybe pharm companies should introduce 'induction' doses , designed for the first few weeks of treatment.
(I also woke up in a muddy ditch on a mountainside with a mangled mountain bike and eyes like pool-balls, completely disorientated, after starting Lofepramine at 150mg!!)
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