Posted by helpme on July 9, 2006, at 10:51:01
In reply to Re: emsam 6 mg/24 = ? oral selegiline?, posted by cecilia on May 25, 2006, at 2:20:17
My doctor, who has some sort of distant consulting relationship with the developers of this drug, also claims this is indeed true, but I am not comprehending how exactly this adds up to equal the 20 mg of pills either. That the "6" has to do with rate of release (sorry I don't remember details) over "24" hours, or something like that. They mean that in the end, at the end of a full 24 hours of having it on, you got your 20mg.
All metabolizing as it gets absorbed; some of the drug entering the bloodstream, some just getting started, some already turning into the amphetamine metabolite and flushing off to wherever the drug goes....some still on the patch seeping in to you...huh? This is where the "6" figure has some kind of significance or meaning-is how I understood what he told me. (Though I confess a lot of confusion and might be totally off-base by now.) Whereas with pills, you get the 20 all at once and it all metabolizes "together".
> My package says 20 mg and then below that (6mg/24h). My understanding is that a 6mg/24h patch would be equal to 20 mg oral, but the label IS confusing. Cecilia
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