Who is the pdoc? me or her? And why the rush?!
 

I got a call from my pdoc's RN today. I have been on the Lamictal 50mg for at least three weeks now. She called to tell me that I can take 100mg. When I heard her say that I asked her if she knew that I was only taking 50mg. And she said yes, and that I need to now take 100mg. Now I am not the professional here but common sense kind of tells me not to jump from 50 mg to another 50mg in one sitting. So I told the RN ABSOLUTELY NOT! I told her to prescribe me all 25 mgs and I am willing to take 75mg for three weeks so I am not jumping too quickly up the ladder. The nurse then had to call me back because she had to tell my pdoc I said no to 100mg. I got the call back and the pdoc agreed to let me have my way.

But still what is she trying to do???? Why the rush?? Does she have any idea how the meds can effect someone like me? She has to be out of her head to make me jump so quickly! I am not ready for that! Grrr roar!

Sharla

Here's a chart about dosages - upping & lowering

there is probably others but this was the first I found about it.
http://www.rxlist.com/lamictal-drug.htm
about halfway down the page.

HI,
I think that some docs skip the 75 and go right to 100.

They titrate up in order to avoid the deadly but extremely rare rash that can be caused by Lamictal -- it has nothing to do with how you react to drugs -- they only do this based on the manufacturer's recommendation so that the manufacturer can avoid a lawsuit.

Still, the nurse should have been more willing to listen and maybe she should have tried to explain things to you better.

Mari

There is lactose in this medicine!?
 

I AM LACTOSE INTOLERANT! NO WONDER I GET TUMMY SPASMS LATELY HUH?

I do frankly remember telling them that I am allergic to lactose too! WTF!

Sharla:mad:

I am not mad at anyone
I am just tired of doctors not reading the charts. I swear they are on a killing spree of OOPSS MY BAAADD:mad:

I just called the pharmacist. And he said that if I am lactose intolerant that I should not be taking this medicine at all! I AM SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW WTF DOES ANYONE MIND ALLERGIES OF WHAT SO EVER!!!!!!

Sorry about my language but I have been having to take my bentyl lately and I am just so angry. I swear to God doctors want to kill me at this rate. READ THE ****ING MEDICAL CHART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I can see what you are getting annoyed. :cool:
Mi

LOL

I have to tell people how to do their job. So from now on I am going to get **** with EVERY PROFESSIONAL I COME IN CONTACT WITH! don't think i won't because I WILLLLLLLL!:cool:

HEAR ME ROOOOAAARRRRR

well at least I do not want to bite myself no more :o
Well I can pop my bentyl until I talk to my doctor at this rate.

Sharla

I never knew that lamictal had lactose in it.
wonder how much?
good that your pharmacist caught that.
wow!
bizi

What gets to me is if I was not studying the medical field, if I was was completely ignorant to the medical field and laws, I would probably literally die by now. She wanted to jump me up from a 50 to 100mg in one sitting when SHE KNOWS how hypersensitive my body is. SHE KNOWS that she needs to be slow with uping my dosage. SHE KNOWS BETTER. And yet she fails to read my allergies, and she insists on jumping me up there.

I am not ok with that. If you are a doctor I expect you know what you are doing. I swear I have to be the doctor now. I have to be the one who says yes this can be done and NO THIS WILL HARM THE PATIENT. I should not have to do this. I should not have to know as much as an RN to get taken care of. This is total Bullocks. Completely inexcusable.

Oh and the Pharmacist was not the one who caught it. I was the one who caught it. I was looking at the dosages when it told me the ingredients. And to clarify rather i should be on this or not because of my allergies they pharmacist was like umm you should not be on it.

So there for who is the doctor. ME apparently.

**** IT!
I am going to be a doctor when I grow up.

Sharla

the vast majority
 

of oral drugs contain lactose as an inert ingredient.

The brand name Bentyl has it for example. And I suspect the generic does too. If you ask for the insert attached to the original stock bottle at your pharmacy, you might find it listed there.

Millions and millions of people around the world are lactose intolerant, and do not have a problem with the minute amounts
that appear in tablets/capsules.

If you are one of the rare people who react, you can take a lactase enzyme tablet with it. (there is a new faster dissolve one available now).

I am drinking the lactaid milk and it works. The tablets however no longer work for me :( It sux. I am doing better now that I am on 75 mg. I am really feeling better but the memory loss is BAD LOL!!! At work it felt like everyone was talking a million miles a minute. I was like waaaaaaa?
they had to repeat themselves a lot. :( The poor people.

Sharla

there is
 

a new faster acting Lactase enzyme product out there now:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/21867.php

It just became available at Costco in a generic form this summer. I use it for ice cream. It works for me.

I also use Lactaid milk. Lactaid milk does not have Lactase added to it. It has the lactose removed instead.
I use the blue one-- 2% with added calcium.

Does it make yoiu cramp though after you take it? I will look into it thank you so much.

Sharla