Posted by Maxime on May 2, 2005, at 23:10:00
In reply to Huh? (Re: Bye Bye Strattera, posted by alohashirt on May 2, 2005, at 22:30:29
Hi, well since Strattera has only been available in Canada for less than 2 months, it's going to be hard.
The starting dose is suppose to be 40 mg (I'm just going by what the insert says and rx.com ). So I started at 25 mg because that was lowest amount my pdoc was given as a sample. He told me start at 25 mg for one day (to make sure I didn't get a rash) and then go 40 mg. So I tried 25 twice a day for one day just to see. I went back down to 25 mg a day since then. I can't tolerate 25 mg a day. I don't see how it's going to help me. I have been throwing up on it. I can't take it. If a med is making you throw up then it's bad. I have never had such a strong reaction to a med before with the exception of Nardil (parnate was fine).
I live in f*cking Canada where I can't just go out and find a new physician. I would like to invite all Americans to Canada and experience our so called Health Care system. Then you can return to the U.S. and tell Hillary Clinton why our system doesn't work since she wants the U.S. to have the same system as Canada.
I hate myself and I hate meds ... they should have let me die.
Maxime
> I am puzzled - if I read your earlier post correctly you
> went from 25mg to 50mg after two days. I think my pdoc took four months to get from 18mg to 50mg and described it as a medication that required careful titration.
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> Strattera isn't rubbish but it does have non-trivial side effects
> and demands a patient approach from physician and patient.
>
> It may be worth working with a physician who has had a lot of experience prescribing this pretty new medication.
poster:Maxime
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