Posted by tensor on April 8, 2010, at 3:20:42
In reply to Re: Start AD's at lower than FDA starting Dose, posted by Phillipa on April 7, 2010, at 20:02:57
> I have noticed my pdoc always prescribes a low dose of an ad now and in the past she didn't. Hence the question. I too feel sometimes lower doses help a patient stick to a med if they are not suffering with side effects. My past history I became med phobic from pdocs giving to high of doses the recommended started doses. So many trials aborted due to this. Phillipa
This is why it is important to educate yourself in the subject. Too many people are just taking whatever the doc is prescribing without a question, one need to propose own ideas and be allowed to participate in the process of med choices and their doses. Recently read about a girl in Sweden who had been prescribed antipsychotics for many years for mild insomnia, she now has possibly permanent movement disorders for something that could have been treated with a BZD. Now, when she has read about insomnia and its treatments she is of course very angry and upset.
Unfortunately not everybody can educate themselves due to the nature of the illness./Mattias
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