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Old Dec 19, 2010, 12:53 PM
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We are starting at 25mg every other day for two weeks, then 25mg per day for two weeks, and then we will go up from there according to a schedule that my p-doc thinks is the safest.
That's what dose I started at too and now I'm at 300mg/day. It's been a great med for me and I wish I was put on it from the beginning. I found it was really hard waiting for the dose to get to a therapeutic level, but after I got over that hump it really helped. Headaches can be part of the side effects, so make sure you stay hydrated that seemed to help for me when I increased from 250 to 300mg. I have always drank a lot of water and now I have increased it a bit.
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