Your healthcare provider may tell you to increase your dose if you do not lose a certain amount of weight or do not have a certain decrease in BMI for children 12 years and older, within the first 12 weeks of treatment at the recommended dose. ...
Your healthcare provider may change your child’s dose of Qsymia or stop treatment if they are not growing as expected. Metabolic Acidosis. Qsymia can cause a condition called metabolic acidosis. This happens when there is too much acid in the blood. If this condition is not treated, it ...
If metabolic acidosis develops and persists, consideration should be given to reducing the dose or discontinuing Qsymia. Qsymia can cause an increase in serum creatinine that reflects a decrease in renal function (glomerular filtration rate). In phase 3 trials, peak increases in serum creatinine ...
Dosing of Qsymia is based on thebody mass index(BMI) of the patient. Start treatment with Qsymia 3.75 mg/23 mg (phentermine 3.75 mg/topiramate 23 mg extended-release) daily for 14 days; after 14 days increase to the recommended dose of Qsymia 7.5 mg/46 mg (phentermine 7.5 mg/topiramate ...
Central Nervous System (CNS) side effects. The use of prescription sleep aids, anxiety medicines, or drinking alcohol with Qsymia may cause an increase in CNS symptoms such as dizziness and light-headedness. Do not drink alcohol with Qsymia. ...
If a patient gets anxious or palpitations from things like coffee or caffeine, or feels like they are speeding if they take a decongestant or an energy drink, they may have those same side effects from phentermine. These side effects can be reduced by splitting the dose, half in the morning...
For patients who are deemed good candidates for Qsymia, clinicians can prescribe a starting dose of 3.75 mg/23 mg for 14 days and a regular dose of 7.5 mg/46 mg for 30 days, with up to 5 refills of the regular dose.[2]Anorder formavailable on the manufacturer's Website must be com...
But if you’ve lost less than 3% of your starting body weight, your provider may increase your dose to see if that works better for you. After another 12 weeks (3 months), if you’ve lost less than 5% of your starting body weight, Qsymia is probably not the right medication for you...