Posted by paul on long island on May 10, 2006, at 14:33:05
In reply to Re: Low Dose Prozac with OCD » Paul on Long Island, posted by Larry Hoover on May 10, 2006, at 12:01:20
> You can ask your doctor to prescribe dissolved Prozac. The standard version is 20 mg/5 mL. 5 mL is one teaspoon. With the oral solution, dose is proportional to the volume you swallow. To get exactly 8 mg Prozac, you would need to take 2 mL of the solution. 10 mg is 2.5 mL. And so on. 4 mg/mL is the concentration of the pediatric oral Prozac, but, I think it comes in generic forms now. That should be much cheaper.
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> With the liquid, you can take exactly the dose you want, without worrying about breaking pills or any of that.
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> LarLarry, I appreciate all that information, although I'm not currently in the right state of mind to do the math myself :) The thing that I wanted to know mostly is whether anyone has had any experience with lower doses of prozac in regard to the OCD. I've read where a lot of people seem to feel that their depression is treated equally successfully with 5 or 10 mgs, but I need to know what effect the lower dosages will have on my ocd. Any info you could give would be greatly appreciated. I've heard many good things about you from Phillipa, and so far, she seems to be right. Thanks.....Paul
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