Posted by iforgotmypassword on September 21, 2006, at 20:55:19
I was wondering if anyone knew if there is any way some people just don't get the proper level of drugs in their blood to be effective, and when their doctor does not feel okay with increasing, they lose out? Is there a condition? Is there an actual way to measure it?
I have only gotten one drug tested in blood and it was desipramine. Even at 200mg, my blood did not show therapeutic levels. At 300mg, I finally did, but that is the absolute highest you can go with the drug.
Extrapolating from this, is it possible my non-response to so many medications is due to not reaching or maintaining proper therapeutic levels in my blood? Is there a condition that describes this and is there a test for it? And if so, what can I do?
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