Posted by Louisiana Sportsman on May 1, 2014, at 12:38:00
In reply to Re: Nvm to clozapine » Louisiana Sportsman, posted by Phillipa on May 1, 2014, at 9:31:12
> First the insurance letter is this one of the new ways the government is taking control over what they consider to be unnecessary meds? Second I didn't know you were bipolar. Do you tend toward depression or mania? Also the advantage of an injection over a pill is that it is in your system and one less thing to remember to take. Phillipa
Yes, the insurance letter was very interesting. I believe the DEA is monitoring my Desoxyn scripts and Xanax XR. The letter said I was on too many sympathetic agents and redundant medications.
We plan on defying the letter. She is changing my Xanax XR r to Klonopin 0.5 3X a day next time she advised.
My PDOC suggested Oxtellar XR as well as Sunovion, the makers of Latuda, own Aptiom. Oxtellar XR is time-released oxcarbamazepine. Aptiom is eslizcarbazepine, which is a metabolite of the oxcarbamazepine.
Tegretol/Equetro --> Trileptal --> Oxtellar XR --> Aptiom.
We're cutting Lamictal. I thought Aptiom may be a good choice for a mood stabilizer-- the target dose is 800mg./daily and they make a 800mg. pill. ++ I think they did a great job with Latuda lol.
I imagine my combo will be something this 80% sure. See, it's not nine different meds anymore! It's "cleaner" now IMO. I am thinking about about adding Kapvay and memantine and desipramine to make it nine again, but the whole letter messed it up. I might just leave if as if is...
Dexedrine IR (dexamphetamine) 60mg.; [#180 10mg.]
Aptiom (eslicarbazepine) 800mg. QPM
Brintellix (vortioxetine) 10mg.; QAM
Latuda (lurasidone) 60mg..; QHS
Troendki XR (topiramate) 200mg. QHS
Klonopin (clozapam) [#90 0.5mg.] PRN
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