Posted by ace on July 3, 2003, at 3:34:13
In reply to Re: Fair trial of Zyprexa for OCD/anxiety augmentatio?, posted by Caleb462 on July 3, 2003, at 2:43:51
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> > > Ace, have you considered that 5 mg, and particularly 2.5 mg, may not be effective doses for you since you are a smoker? They could be... but if you get no response, this could be the reason why.
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> > The amount I smoke (11/day) will make about 0.1% difference. Many people smoke on Zyprexa and notice NO difference. In fact, I have never known any smoker to notice a difference while on Zyprexa. Some guy was on 5mg- smoked to packs a day, and he loved Zyprexa- no probs with the fags. I've searched heaps of anecdotes, and unless you smoke a ridiculous amount I doubt it would have much impact on the Zyprexa. It probably has a non noticable impact- cause the drug is still getting to youyr brain, it's just being metabolised a little quicker. In other words you MUST notice something, smoker or not.
> > Do you want me to quit smoking?!!
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> Ok, ace.. thanks for clearing that up. I had only read 1 or 2 papers on it, so I didn't know the full story.
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> Do I want you to quit smoking? LOL, nope - smoke away. I do want myself to quit smoking, but that may be a while.Hey Caleb,
If you ever want a drug which says don't smoke (Luvox, Anafranil, etc)don't be turned away...like I said, it realloy doesn't make a huge difference. If anything, and at the worst, u might need a small dose increase ie from 25 to 50mg Anafranil AT MOST.Take care friend,
Ace.
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