Re: Start AD's at lower than FDA starting Dose

Posted by bleauberry on April 7, 2010, at 17:01:12

In reply to Start AD's at lower than FDA starting Dose, posted by Phillipa on April 7, 2010, at 12:29:47

I disagree with two views shown in this:
1. That the FDA is somehow some kind of god that knows best. It isn't.
2. That there is any kind of predetermined dosing schedule appropriate for general use. There isn't.
In general, side effects are a good guide.
I've said it many times, but it deserves repeating once again just in case anyone missed it. My doctor has patients doing well on mere drops of lexapro liquid. One drop is 1/10th of a milligram. Other patients maybe on 1mg to 5mg, all starting with one drop per day, increasing as tolerated by taking multiple drops throughout a day. The ending dose is not known and no pretense is made to try to predict a target dose. Can't be done.
Everyone is different and everyone needs to do whatever schedule suits them the best. For some it will be extremely conservative, some inline with the norm, and some very aggrressive. It all depends on different factors involved with that person's life and biochemical response to that medicine.

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