I've been seeing my PM doc for about 3 years now due to DDD in various locations in my lower back as a result of a car accident. I am prescribed 2 OC 80s (60 a month) for CP and 3 15mg roxis a day for BT (90 a month).
I've been on this dosage for a while now, but here lately it's not as effective it was when I first started. I guess it's a tolerance thing. I should also say that I didn't start at this dosage. My doc has been pretty liberal about upping my dosage as we've gone whenever my tolerance has increased.
When I asked him this time about increasing my OCs from 2 to 3 a day, he said he couldn't because OCs are designed for ER over a 12hr period. So, if I was taking them as designed (which I do) and 2 would be the most he could prescribe since there's only 24hrs in a day. And, I'm already at the highest dose of OC, so that can't be upped. It just sounded strange to me because I read all the time about people who are prescribed more than 2 a day. Plus, like i mentioned, my doc is fairly liberal about this sort of thing. At least he has been in the past. Has anyone else ever experienced this?
He did agree to increase my roxi dose from 15mg to 30mg and from 3x a day to 4, so all is not lost.
I've been on this dosage for a while now, but here lately it's not as effective it was when I first started. I guess it's a tolerance thing. I should also say that I didn't start at this dosage. My doc has been pretty liberal about upping my dosage as we've gone whenever my tolerance has increased.
When I asked him this time about increasing my OCs from 2 to 3 a day, he said he couldn't because OCs are designed for ER over a 12hr period. So, if I was taking them as designed (which I do) and 2 would be the most he could prescribe since there's only 24hrs in a day. And, I'm already at the highest dose of OC, so that can't be upped. It just sounded strange to me because I read all the time about people who are prescribed more than 2 a day. Plus, like i mentioned, my doc is fairly liberal about this sort of thing. At least he has been in the past. Has anyone else ever experienced this?
He did agree to increase my roxi dose from 15mg to 30mg and from 3x a day to 4, so all is not lost.
