Posted by Phoenix1 on June 21, 2008, at 19:06:31
In reply to Nardil starting dosage question, posted by Four Feathers on June 21, 2008, at 18:00:55
Hi 4F,
The coating isn't too hard actually. A good pill splitter worked fine for me. If you are med sensitive, starting at 7.5mg sounds like a wise idea. The official prescribing insert recommends raising the dosage fairly quickly to 60mg, as long as you tolerate it OK. Good luck on Nardil, it's been a very effective AD for lots of people here!
Phoenix
> Hello,
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> After a lot of consideration, research, and discussion with my pdoc I have decided to give Nardil a try. My pdoc actually takes this and has a number of patients on this. He says that he has seen good success for many patients in the 30-60mg range which is a bit less than I have read here from posters and seen elsewhere online.
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> My qustion is this. I tend to be very med sensitive and he has recommended that I start with a low dose of 7.5mg/day (split the 15mg tablet). I wondered if anyone had done this or had seen anything related to splitting these tablets. I have not even opened the bottle as I am beginning my second wash-out week prior to beginning Nardil, but I had understood that the coating on these was hard and may make it difficult to split. Probably nothing a pill splitter would not solve, but are there any concerns of the medication releasing too early, etc when the pill is split? Any comments/thoughts are appreciated.
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> Thank you,
> 4F
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