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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?
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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