Posted by blueberry on October 10, 2005, at 6:01:07
In reply to Cymbalta half-life math, posted by Wildflower on October 9, 2005, at 15:06:58
The half life is about 12 hours, varying from 10 to 17 hours in different people.
A better way to go would be to take 20mg caps twice a day. More expensive too though.
A very tedious way to do it would be to empty a 60mg capsule onto a plate and separate out about 2/3 of the beads that are inside, which would be about 40mg. Getting them back in the capsule would be hard. Or you could sprinkle them onto pudding or something soft that doesn't require chewing (the beads are enteric coated, so you don't want to damage them or they'll be useless). It would be tedious, but it would work.
I wish the drug companies would make more dosage size choices, for better ease of getting on the med, easier weaning off of the med, and more customized dosing for each individual.
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