Posted by Ritch on March 16, 2005, at 10:50:04
In reply to medication doses, posted by up'n'down on March 16, 2005, at 0:32:56
> I, too, am very dose-sensitive to medications, so this time, we are taking every precaution that we don't overdose me. I am newly started on Cymbalta that comes in 30 mg capsules. I purchased empty gelatin capsules and I divide the dosage in 3's so I am only taking 10 mg a day to begin. Of course, it is only an educated guess as to what is 1/3rd of the total, but it doesn't have to be perfect. The idea is to reduce the dosage into 3's. I haven't been able to find the gelatin capsules anyplace but at the hospital pharmacy, and they had to order them for me. U'D
There's another "trick" I've found around getting gelatin capsules (if you need them to divide doses of meds). If you go to a health food/supplement store and buy some cheap Gingo Biloba (i.e.), they often come in "0" size caps (medium-large). You can empty out the Gingo and put the portion of your medication in there and then add sugar as a filler. I've done that with Stratterra.
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