Posted by BennyJ on February 8, 2005, at 22:24:18
In reply to Effexor XR Release Mechanism..., posted by gadman on February 7, 2005, at 15:44:16
I'm not sure it works by coating. It may have to do with metabolism. First pass through your liver gives the initial dose of active compound then all subsequent doses take longer due to increased complexity? Now i'm curious, any pharmacists on here?
> Does anyone know the Extended Release Mechanism of Effexor XR?
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> I know it releases slowly by the amount of coating on each one of the beads.... But I am curious as the actual release times...
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> Is it something like, 2,4,6, and 8 hours after taking dose? Or immediate, 3,6,9,12? Or just Immediate and 4, 8 hours?
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> gadman
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