Medication Dosage Change . . .

[MomWithOCDSon]

Our DS13 has been on Augmentin October 13, 2009; he began with just regular Augmentin at 875 mg., twice daily. Then, we moved to Augmentin XR, 1,000 mg. twice daily (the infamous "Saving Sammy" dosage) on November 25, 2009, and he's been on that dose ever since.

 

This past Monday, March 8th, we decided to try stepping down, gradually. So now he's still taking the XR 1,000 mg. in the morning, but his evening dose is now 500 mg. of regular Augmentin.

 

It is still early in the dosage reduction, but interestingly enough, he actually seems to be doing slightly better than before; his mood is more consistently "up," and he's tackling homework more efficiently, with less avoidance and better focus! Knock on wood! It is reminiscent, frankly, of the first few days of abx many moons ago, when we saw sort of a dramatic improvement for the first 36-48 hours. Hopefully, though, this time it'll hold.

 

I am interested in others' experiences in "downsizing" the abx over time -- what worked for them, how long they took between reductions, etc. Our pediatrician is very open and is committed to staying on board "for the duration," so while we're hoping he will hold and continue his improvement path on a reduced dosage, if he doesn't, we will notch it back up again.

 

How have you handled your kids and their abx dosages?

[thereishope]

Just wanted to wish you the best in luck with stepping down the antibiotics. What do you think your final dosage would be...the dosage he will stay on proph? All I can suggest is doing it slow. Maybe every 2 weeks? I'm just throwing that number out there. Obviously don't change dosing if you know something stresfull will be happening (like a big test at school) or you will be travelling. That way if you do see a setback, you don't have too many outside factors that can the culprit instead of the new dose.