Posted by emme on January 29, 2009, at 18:53:26
In reply to Abilify 15mg every other day = Abilify 7.5mg?, posted by JayBTV2 on January 29, 2009, at 14:35:44
That might work out - I've taken it every other day at times. But why not just chop the 15 mg tabs in half? I break the 5 mg tabs in two.
emme
> Hello,
>
> I just started Abilify a couple weeks ago. Thinking of maybe asking the doc to reduce my dose to see if that helps w/ some slight restlessness I'm having.
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> Anyway I just got done buying a whole bunch of 15mg pills (not cheap). Also have samples of 15mgs. I'm wondering since the half life is so long (36+hrs?) if taking a 15mg pill every other day would be almost equivalent to taking 7.5 every day?
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> Of course I'll check w/ my doc before doing this but just wondering if this would be one dosing possibility....
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> So far I think it's working pretty well aside from the restlessness. Hoping I can reduce that w/ a slightly reduced dose.
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> Thanks for any insight!
>
> -Jay
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