Posted by LightShifter on January 24, 2004, at 14:12:57
In reply to Re: Straterra » jcbikermom, posted by Palbella on January 23, 2004, at 18:42:01
The only person who knows if its "too much" or "too little" is the person who is EXPERIENCING the drug. No matter what any doctor may think, we all work dirrerently.
As I posted here before, the weight charts are a very poor way to start dosing people. Start low (say 10 mgs. and work up SLOWLY as necessary). For most people, 40 mg is way too much from what I've heard.
...Dan
> > My son is 11 years old and started taking 18mg a little over a week ago. The Dr. wanted to up the dose to 2 pills after 1 week. That was too much. He was sleepy and wouldn't wake up. I changed the dose to 25mg and that seems to be working. The Drs. always want to go by the weight chart and that's usually too high a dose.
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> How much does your son weigh? They told me my son which is 12 would end up taking 80 milligrams a day. He weighs 175 lbs and 60 milligrams seemed too much and didnt help him with school at all. Seem to make things worse.
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