Re: Venlafaxine again
Originally Posted by
Coni2
So my gp agreed (again reluctantly) to prescribe venlafaxine again. 37.5mg for two weeks then 2x 37.5mg daily.I nearly started them tonight but then remembered that before I was on the extended release ones. These aren’t. So now I don’t know whether to take them or not? What will the difference be? Do I take at night or in the morning? If I take two is that together or split into two doses? Is extended release better?
Venlafaxine has a very short half-life hence the slow-release capsules. However, initially it only came in immediate-release tablets. The trick back then was to halve the tablets and take half about 12 hours apart. Pill-cutters are more accurate and less bloody than using a knife, ime.
I can’t ask my gp as I think they are fed up with me already.
Small loss. He's an idiot. If you can get a new one asap. GPs are mere hired help, not the minor deities many see themselves as and need to be regularly taken down a peg, or two. We pay them, directly, or indirectly via taxes or insurace, to provide advice, but the final call is always the patient's.
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