They typically have similar side effects to the SSRIs, though a withdrawal syndrome on discontinuation may necessitate dosage tapering.

Wrestling with evident depression, ( which after his death would be assessed as clinical depression ), Foster was prescribed the anti-depressant medication Trazodone over the phone by his Arkansas doctor, though he was given an insufficient initial dosage to have much effect.

Many resources for recipes, preparation, and dosage are available online, though they vary greatly in effectiveness and quality.

The word " overdose " implies that there is a common safe dosage and usage for the drug ; therefore, the term is commonly only applied to drugs, not poisons, though even certain poisons are harmless at a low enough dosage.

The duration as a whole, though is only about 2 – 5 hours depending on dosage.

A number of harmful and undesired ( adverse ) effects have been observed, including lowered life expectancy, extrapyramidal effects on motor control – including akathisia ( an inability to sit still ), trembling, and muscle weakness – weight gain, decrease in brain volume ( although this is being debated, since schizophrenia, which is often treated with antipsychotics, also causes a shrinkage of brain volume ), enlarged breasts ( gynecomastia ) in men and milk discharge in men and women ( galactorrhea due to hyperprolactinaemia ), lowered white blood cell count ( agranulocytosis ), involuntary repetitive body movements ( tardive dyskinesia ), diabetes, sexual dysfunction, a return of psychosis requiring increasing the dosage due to cells producing more neurochemicals to compensate for the drugs ( tardive psychosis ), and a potential for permanent chemical dependence leading to psychosis worse than before treatment began, if the drug dosage is ever lowered or stopped ( tardive dysphrenia ).

Due to the chronic nature of the treated disorders, antipsychotic medications, once started, are seldom discontinued, and the aim of the treatment is often to gradually reduce dosage to a minimum safe maintenance dose that is enough to control the symptoms.

However, the clinical literature is very clear that patients whose basal insulin requirements tend not to vary throughout the day or do not require dosage precision smaller than 0. 5 IU, are much less likely to realize much significant advantage of pump therapy.

Each new food is approved separately with a guideline specifying a maximum dosage ; in case of quarantine applications the minimum dose is regulated.

The most common dosage is 1 mg / lb, once per day, although this dosage may be lowered for ponies, which are most susceptible to NSAID side effects.

It is also available as a capsule dosage form and a tablet.

The abbreviation cc is still commonly used in many fields including medical dosage and sizing for small combustion engine displacement, such as those used in motorcycles.

A comparable measurement is LCt < sub > 50 </ sub >, which relates to lethal dosage from exposure, where C is concentration and t is time.

For disease-causing organisms, there is also a measure known as the median infective dose and dosage.

In biological warfare infective dosage is the number of infective doses per minute for a cubic meter ( e. g., ICt < sub > 50 </ sub > is 100 medium doses-min / m³ ).

It is possible to obtain the same dosage of hormones, and therefore the same effect, by taking several regular combined oral contraceptive pills.

This is evident, as the treatment dosage is much too low to fight infection, and in DPB cases with the occurrence of the macrolide-resistant bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, macrolide therapy still produces substantial anti-inflammatory results.

The usual prescribed dosage for these disorders is 200 mg once a day ( less commonly, 100 to 400 mg / day in one or two doses ).

The pills are actually hallucinogens, the idea being that a proper dosage will cause him to hallucinate he is sane.

The proposed treatment involves three parts: titrating to the proper guaifenesin dosage, avoiding salicylates, and following a low-carbohydrate diet if the patient is hypoglycemic.

In laboratory rats treated with the ethanolic extract of defatted C. dactylon, blood glucose levels of the tested population showed nearly a 50 % drop when the proper dosage was administered.

MBDB's dosage, according to PiHKAL, is 180 – 210 mg ; the proper dosage relative to body mass seems unknown.

Whilst some standard suggested dosages are published for the treatment of depression, the proper dosage for treatment of insomnia in non-depressive patients, those on alcohol / opioid withdrawal and those with chronic pain may vary greatly and should be discussed with your physician.

However, overexposure is possible, leading to a loss of credibility and habituation Thus, it is important to determine the proper dosage of the campaign in order to achieve maximum effectiveness.

* Equivalent dose, a measure of radiation dosage to tissue

Care and caution should always be taken in administering doses of Tincture of Opium, such as the use of a dosage syringe or other suitable measurement device, and by pharmacists in preparing Paregoric from Laudanum, and to note that the dosages in this article refer to Apothecaries weight and fluid measure.

Care and caution should always be taken in administering doses of Tincture of Opium, such as the use of a dosage syringe or other suitable measurement device, and by pharmacists in preparing Paregoric from Laudanum, and to note that the dosages in this article refer to Apothecaries weight and fluid measure.

They are used to determine the clotting tendency of blood, in the measure of warfarin dosage, liver damage, and vitamin K status.

Doctors often measure a patient's weight in pounds and compute a dosage of medicine administered in grams or milliliters.

* FU, a fibrinolytic unit, a dosage measure for the breakdown of fibrin

In this instance, there was a dosage of 562 during the first two hours and a total dosage of 1980 for the four-hour period, a four-fold increase.

Other forms of misuse include failure to take the entire prescribed course of the antibacterial, incorrect dosage and administration, or failure to rest for sufficient recovery.

Temporary withdrawal symptoms including insomnia, agitation, psychosis, and motor disorders may occur during dosage reduction of antipsychotics, and can be mistaken for a return of the underlying condition.

Symptoms may also occur during a gradual dosage reduction, but are typically less severe and may persist as part of a protracted withdrawal syndrome for months after cessation of benzodiazepines.

A goal of less than six months has been suggested, but due to factors such as dosage and type of benzodiazepine, reasons for prescription, lifestyle, personality, environmental stresses, and amount of available support, a year or more may be needed to withdraw.

His explanation for this was the possible lack of panic involved in the clinical setting and possible dosage differences between those administered and those encountered in actual NDE cases.

Benzodiazepines tend to exert their hypnotic effects at high dosage compared to the more moderate dosage needed for anxiolytic effects to be felt.

Measures such as " LD < sub > 1 </ sub >" and " LD < sub > 99 </ sub >" ( dosage required to kill 1 % or 99 %, respectively, of the test population ) are occasionally used for specific purposes.

Lethal dosage often varies depending on the method of administration ; for instance, many substances are less toxic when administered orally than when intravenously administered.

If one also tapers dosage gradually, the result is that for weeks a depressed patient will have to bear the depression without chemical help during the drug-free interval.

In the specific but common case of the use of proton-pump inhibitors as long-term treatment for managing GERD, medical societies recommend that patients use the minimal effective dosage to achieve the goals of the therapy.

The risk of adverse events is further increased if the dosage is not properly adjusted, for example if there is renal insufficiency.

Study of flow properties of liquids is important for pharmacists working in the manufacture of several dosage forms, such as simple liquids, ointments, creams, pastes etc.

The zinc sulfate dosage used in medical trials for treatment of warts was between 5 and 10 mg / kg / day.