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Lowering the Dose to Relieve Side Effects

Thu, 12/18/2014 - 11:16

How soon after I decrease the dose of a medication can I expect to see an improvement in side effects? A few days? A few weeks? Months? Depends on the medication? Thanks!

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AED's are created to hold

Submitted by just_joe on Fri, 2014-12-19 - 10:22
AED's are created to hold certain levels in the body. A persons dosage change doesn;t take long since the levels are already in your body so it could be days As for being taken off medications entirely it could take 3-4 weeks for all the medication to be out of your systems

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