Posted by crazycomputerboy on August 9, 2007, at 13:01:32
In reply to Re: EMSAM - I'm told the patch can be cut » crazycomputerboy, posted by RobertDavid on August 9, 2007, at 10:57:53
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> > I hope your still on this post and I hope everything went well with your patch cutting. I too am in curiosity about cutting the patch, I ma on the 30mg patch and if I leave it on too long I get an onset of hypomanic symptoms. I was thinking if I could cut it slightly ( by the math I've done would be just a couple of cm^2) then I could wear it continuously and not have to take it off liek you were doing. Please let me know if you were successful. Thanks in advance.
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> Paul, my pdoc said I could cut the patch. I did so with no problem. You just want to make sure to wash your hands so you don't rub your eyes with
> with the med on your fingers. It's evenly distributed so cutting it in half gives a half dose, etc. It's the only way to lower the dose since it is in patch form. You can cut off as much as you want to try it at different doses. Good luck....
Robert,Thank you so much for the info. I was trying sillier things like cutting a piece of paper or a piece of the plastic patch cover to put between me and the patch in order to control the dose. cutting it will be much more simple. I know when I was doing 20mg every 24hours it wasnt enough, and 9 turned out to be too much if I leave it on greater than 4 days at a time. I started pulling it about mid-afternoon everyday but feel strange right before applying a new patch later that night. I think the even/continuous distro is the way to go with this med. Other than that I have no complaints and love the med, its the best i have ever taken for atypical depression/anxiety/panic. took about 3.5 weeks to start working but has been awesome every since (started 12/18/2006).
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