Posted by Janelle on June 9, 2003, at 18:51:35
In reply to Re: RITCH - re your dose of EFFEXOR XR ... » Janelle, posted by Ritch on June 9, 2003, at 10:08:51
Ritch, you crack me up (in a GOOD way) with the way you express yourself! You are very articulate!
Anyway, finally, someone (you!) who is as sensitive to meds as I am! I have to take pediatric doses or below the minimal therapeutic dose on just about all my meds!
Can you help me with the math you were talking about - I'm bad with it.
You wrote that you got an avg. of about 108 spheroids (is that the actual term for those tiny balls in a capsule?) per capsule.
Then you said you take a max. of 36 spheroids which is 12.5mg approx. How do you get the conversion, so to speak. I get that 108 spheroids equals 37.5mg, but how then do you get that 36 spheroids equals about 12.5 mg? THANKS!
HOLY COW - you get high blood pressure when you get to about 18 nuggets! That is incredible, most people (well, I should say the average person, if one exists!) get high BP on 300mg or more. Many folks can actually tolerate 225mg which is the recommended maximum dose! That's the level where EffexorXR hits all three key receptors (serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine)
I got up to a whopping 75 mg before I got the hypomanic stuff (and didn't realize it at the time - accccck.)
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