Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 83981

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missing a dose (zyprexa)

Posted by adamie on November 12, 2001, at 15:58:25


hi. if a long enough trial of a med would be 5 weeks... how would missing a dose effect the trial? would it really not matter much? or would the trial then need to be longer to see if a med is trully a failure? What if you miss two daily doses?

I wanted to stop taking my zyprexa because i have been feeling horrible on it. yet my first day being off zyprexa I may be feeling worse. could this simply be withdrawl?? is it natural to feel worse first when stopping a med which you've been on for 4 weeks?

 

Re: missing a dose (zyprexa) ยป adamie

Posted by JohnX2 on November 12, 2001, at 19:33:21

In reply to missing a dose (zyprexa), posted by adamie on November 12, 2001, at 15:58:25


Zyprexa takes about 1 week to fully "build up" in
your body to a steady level at a given dose. So
missing 1 day will lower the level, but not drastically.
You could get back on the med without noticing much
of a hiccup in my opinion. Of coarse, everyone is
different and you may metabolize the med a little
different than the norm.

-john

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> hi. if a long enough trial of a med would be 5 weeks... how would missing a dose effect the trial? would it really not matter much? or would the trial then need to be longer to see if a med is trully a failure? What if you miss two daily doses?
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> I wanted to stop taking my zyprexa because i have been feeling horrible on it. yet my first day being off zyprexa I may be feeling worse. could this simply be withdrawl?? is it natural to feel worse first when stopping a med which you've been on for 4 weeks?


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