Posted by Donna Louise on September 29, 2006, at 5:32:20
In reply to Re: discontonuimg Emsam » Donna Louise, posted by Jost on September 28, 2006, at 12:03:35
> Not wanting to bring in anything from left field, but is it possible you were getting too high a dose of Emsam, and a low dose, or even a lower dose kept on only part of the time, would have worked for you.
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> There may be some aspects of the delivery of the drug that aren't yet known. For example, did you apply the patch to the same spot every day, or alternate spots? If you alternated, how many days in a row did you put it in the same place?
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> How many separate spots did you use?
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> I'm curious because of a question about how long the emsam from the patch can remain unabsorbed, but capable of absorption, after the patch is removed.
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> Thanks, JostI don't know, I tried all the different dose sizes, at the end I was using half a nine. Too little and I was rageful, more and I was depressed. It took awhile for all this to show up, at least the depression took a while, I was easily aggravated and enraged early on. I was enjoying the energy so much I thought that this was it. It is really disappointing. I had been trying to find the right dose since April.
I was alternating hips, a little different spot on each hip every other day. Anywhere else I put it would either come off with sweat or something would knock it off, like a tree limb. That sounds odd doesn't it. No, I have not regressed and climbing trees, I run through narrow trails on horses and had more than one hanging from a branch. They always stayed on my hip.
My pdoc and i tried everything we could think of and finally I had to throw in the towel. sighdonna
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