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Women suffer daily from side effects of drugs. Often drugs are prescribed at the maximum dose. Often side effects can be so severe it causes the woman to stop treatment when first thing should be lowering the dose to see if the drug is more tolerable. Drug dosages should begin from low to high not high to low.
“People need to know that lowering the dose can be an option,” she says. “In some cases, the drug will still be effective for you, but you’ll have less side effects and can enjoy life a… read more
For the life of me I cannot understand why slow walking a drug isn't the norm. Why give a woman 1000 milligrams of something if it also comes in 200, 500 milligrams? Giving her body time to adjust slowly. Then a slow increase, when undesirable side effects begin, the increase stops. Then she would be more apt to stay in treatment.
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I agree with you . I will be seeing my Oncologist soon and I will bring that option. I would rather start low dose , even if I have to take a longer time . I will keep you posted what she says .
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See, ladies, listen up. You are 100% in charge of you. Never forget that. 🥰
I would love to hear from women who got their doctors to lower the dose and it made that difference in side effects.
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