Correct dosage symptoms and conditions

i said before -there are special doctors for prescription control -by that i mean that they help you with all the dosages of what you need. they help you allign the right amount that works for YOU.

otherwise we'll all just be dealing with all this on our own and asking each other what works for you or me... etc.

mixing this drug with anti-depressants could make this drug less effective.
so better knowledge, better intake of food & water with this drug, seeing a specific doctor that will work to give you the "correct" dosage is going to help you best.

good luck all!

I am so glad I'm not the only one that has the crazy symptoms. I am being treated for an inflammation in my optic nerve. I woke up over a month ago now with double-vision. I was on 100mg a day for seven days then went down to 60mg. I feel like I'm high all the time though. I have to take my pills at 7 in the morning and they are still effecting me until about 2 or 3 in the afternoon. I can't drive or do anything that would take a lot of concentration cause I just feel out of it around my eyes. Also I have tingling in my face and arm. Not sure if this is a side effect or if its the possibility that I may have Multiple Sclerosis. (getting an M.R.I. done for further testing) Does anyone else have those tingling sensations?
My vision has almost come back to normal now. The Prednisone has done wonders for that, but I really hate taking it.

On Dec 21 2008 my 17 years old was prescribed SMZ/TMP DS 800-160 Tab for possible staph infection. She is/was to take 2 tablets every 12 hours for 10 days. By day 5 of this dosage, she had severe flu symptoms. Took her back to the same Doctors office but saw a different Doctor and was informed that she was only supposed to take 1 tablet every 12 hours for 10 days. She has been taking the the correct dosage for 3 days and the flu symptons are not as severe, as of today her skin is a little red (like too much sun) but not bumps or hives. We will continue to watch closely. Hopefully she will make it to day 10 without anymore problems. She does not want to go back to the same Doctor's office again.

I am posting this as a new post. I am not against Singulair. I am against withholding negative side effects from the patients. I am against promoting that Singulair is safe and effective for everybody on the planet.

My entire family is health care. My father was a surgeon. I worked for a pharmaceutical company. Pharmaceutical companies are supposed to ethically invent drugs and inform everybody about the safe and effective way to use those drugs. Pharmacists are supposed to police the prescriptions and dispense the correct dosage. Then pharmacists are supposed to be aware of side effects and drugs interactions. When necessary, pharmacist are supposed to intervene to prevent a mis- communication from turning into a disaster. Doctors are supposed to review the recommendations of pharmaceutical companies (who are policed by the FDA) in order to determine if their diagnosis matches the profile of drugs known to be therapies for certain symptoms. I, personally, am madder than hell at Merck. Singulair could really be a good therapy when it is needed. It could correct some bad stuff that happens short term. Why does Merck's need to make every drug a major block buster money maker ruin the market for Singulair?

Wow what it is with all these doctors not knowing these side effects, don't they know that there butts are hanging in the wind,the law protects the drug companies ,but doctors you are not immune

I am on 200mg of Zoloft. I started it last January, and have slowly increased my dosage to find the correct dosage. I am starting to feel anxiety again, and feel as though your body gets used to the meds, and you continually need a higher dosage. I am jittery, have insomnia, have very vivid dreams, tremors, my eyes tremor when I try to close them and I see flashes of light, when I nod my head down towards my chest it tremors, i am restless, it has made my add worse, it causes slight weight gain, muscle twitching...it worked fine, but the higher the dose, the worse the side effects, and here I am with anxiety again. I suppose I need to switch my meds - maybe try lexapro. But definitely get a new psychiatrist.

I started taking Synthroid 0.25mcg 4 month ago, for a thyroid that was a little under active. Last month I moved up to 0.50mcg. I have never felt better. Since I've been on the Synthroid I feel better than I have in 15 years, I'm 45. I have no hair loss, no leg cramps and my weight is fine. My period has become very normal again. The only thing that I notice is, my eye sight is changing. I had LASIK surgery a year ago and I'm noticing that my eye sight has gotten worse since I went to 0.50mcg. I go to the eye doctor in a week, it could just be aging. But I hope this helps someone to feel better. I did read that it take time to regulate the correct dosage to your needs, so just keep working with your doctor. And if your doctor doesn't seem to be working with you to make you feel better, then go to another doctor, I did.