Posted by King Vultan on March 17, 2004, at 14:50:47
In reply to Re: Off to doctor in a few--help w/ Effexor questions?, posted by zefdie on March 17, 2004, at 14:16:13
> Thanks so much for the quick reply. I got to my doctor and they had accidentally cancelled my appointment, so now I've got a few more hours of waiting around before I can go back to see another doctor.
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> I'm on a lot of other drugs for various other things and think I should avoid MAOIs. I'm definitely going to ask about Effexor 75 mg--is this XR? Is it once or twice a day?
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> Thanks again for your help. I want to be prepared, as I'm seeing a GP and not a psychiatrist.
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The Effexor XR allows once a day dosing. The standard release form needs to be taken twice a day because of this med's very short half life. If you take the standard release form just once a day, you can actually start experiencing withdrawal symptoms in between doses. I mostly took the standard release form, probably because there was no XR version available when I started taking this in the mid 90's. Most people seem to take the XR version nowadays. What I meant by 75 mg was a total of 75 mg/day, whichever version you use.Todd
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