AboutDr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi Expertise I can provide information on drugs and medicines, their actions, uses, interactions and adverse effects. To avoid confusion, generic names of
medicines may please be provided. I am a pharmacologist, having worked
on animal and human pharmacology, and presently I am the Dean of Bilcare Research Academy, where we teach courses on clinical research. We dont work on saturdays and sundays, hence questions reachng me on these days will be replied on Monday, please bear with me.
Question I am a 21 year old male. I was prescribed by my family physician Paxil (generic) 20 mg to help me deal with my severe general anxiety/stress and depression. It has been a little over 2 months since I began taking the medication, and I have not felt any major differences or change. I am thinking about going back and talking to my doctor about maybe increasing my dosage, because we never really talked about how severe my condition was before he prescribed me the 20 mg. But what I was wondering before I go and talk to him, is what is the absolute maximum dosage available for someone my age? I know that the dosage should be increased/increased increased/decreased in short incriments like 10 mg at a time every 1-2 weeks. But what is the absolute max dosage you would recommend for someone of my age to try, before trying a different medication. I was reading that people should take no more than 60 mg of Paxil... Is this true? And what are some side effects or changes that may occour if that much is taken or exceeded.?
Answer Hi Eric
The usual starting dose is 20 milligrams a day, taken as a single dose, usually in the morning. At intervals of at least 1 week, your physician may increase your dosage by 10 milligrams a day, up to a maximum of 50 milligrams a day.
You may discuss this with your physician.
Ravi Ghooi
