Posted by Ruthie Rosia on March 21, 2014, at 0:10:52
In reply to Topamax for weight loss » Ruthie Rosia, posted by ed_uk2010 on March 20, 2014, at 4:59:59
Wow, I'm being put on 50 mgs daily for a week, then bumped right up to 100 mgs daily, taken twice a day. But frankly I trust what I read on here more than my Doc (sorry, Doc), so today I took my first dose as 1/2 of the 50 mg pill in the evening. With a FULL glass of water. I will stay at 25 mgs for a week, then up to 50, then 75, then 100. The studies done on weight loss were 92 mgs, and that was only 6.30% of a person's body weight in 28 weeks. Not very much if you ask me. This whole adventure might not be worth it - if I don't get a DOUBLE value out of this psych med - mood stabilization plus weight loss, I'm scrapping it. But I'll give it a fair trial. The next mood stabilizer he wants to try is Depakote, which is scary to me.
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