Posted by Paulbwell on December 15, 2006, at 12:09:27
As some of the older posters here will know i have taken generic Ritalin 10mg IR tabs for a few years. It was topping out at ~100mgs daily. My Doc switched me to brand name Ritalin-SR20mg tabs 3 daily, for longer effect (IR lasts~2 hours-sad) as he said 60mgs is the max, strangly, well, I'v read, and experienced that Rit SR20 tablets turned out to be a bit of a bunk, in that it was found that only 7-8mgs was ACTUALLY released and absorbed by these small waxy pills.
I altered the dosage (bad boy) to find a more satisfactory effect with these pills, and played with the dosage to find comfortable results, and something akin to what the generic IR tabs controlled. I found a dosage that seemed to be satisfactory, but much to my chargrin it turned out i was taking a sheet, 10 tabs=200mgs SR Ritalin, for effective results.
How the heck am i going to explain this to him-that ~10 tablets, not your 3, was satisfactory in making me comfortable, he would most likely write something like DS (drug seeking) or RA (Ritalin abuser) on my file, when ~3, 20SR tabs 3x daily did something similar to 3, 10mg 3x daily IR gen Ritalins did.
If it's true (and i'v read at more than 1 site) that only 7mgs of the 20mgSR ritalin tab is bioavailable, then x 10=70mgs, the dose he has been giving me before.
Tolerance, after 3 years? i have an aquaintaince who's been on Dexamphetamine ~15 years, and their dose is 80mgs, 16, 5mg IR tabs daily,480 monthly. Dex is usually used at half the dose of Ritalin so thats=to 160mgs Ritalin.
What do i tell the good Doc "hi a dose of 10, 20mgSR tabs, 200mgs daily works fine" he will think i'm drug seeking, he works in addiction medicine, and has commented before about some people injecting Ritalin, and i'v caught him checking my arms out.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Cheers
poster:Paulbwell
thread:713932
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