Sherri -

I have taken 30 mg. of Namenda a day for 4 - 5 years (to which was later added 16 mg. of Razadyne ER) in order to hopefully forestall the loss of gray matter due to chronic pain. But I was advised by Dr. Schwartzman back in 2004, when it was just coming out in the U.S. market, that memantine was just too weak of an an NDMA receptor antagonist to be effective against RSD.

I am happy this is working for you, but insofar as you come onto this forum as a visitor to speak of considerably higher doses than the 30 mg. for which it's been approved, a few questions come to mind:

Just how much are you taking?

Is a doctor prescribing it?

Where at least my insurance - which is pretty good - will only cover 30 mg./day so long as I pay a $35 co-pay every 20 days, how much is it costing you?

And finally, are you aware of any safety studies that have looked at the drug at the dose you are taking?

Mike