Posted by T_R_D on April 16, 2004, at 17:44:35
In reply to Increasing Efexor XR dose, posted by pretty_paints on April 13, 2004, at 17:42:38
I'm in Canada and I don't know of any reluctance to titrate higher than 150...in fact, that's the bottom of the therapeutic curve so you really should be taking at least that. Are you taking anything else simultaneously. Some drugs act as "boosters" so you may need less of the original (eg. you get the desired positive in treatment but without potential side effects.) What's your dx? Depression?
At one time I was on 375mg with one of two boosters: Wellbutrin and A thyroid drug, Cytomel. I've heard that 375mg is the maximum outpatient dose.
Traditionally (with me anyway) titrations have only brought back the initial side effects experienced for a couple of days--and they were usually on a smaller scale then when I first started the drug. If anything, I would think that a higher dose of Effexor would help with the OCD although I'm not an expert in that area...I'm BPII myself.
Let me know,
Karen
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