I have been on sevella for a a few months now. 50mg twice a day. The crazy side effects have subsided. However it was working well. Not so much now. My dr told me to adjust my dosage too 50mg in the morning and 100mg at night. Im affraid of the side effects flaring up agian. Has anyone else attempted to do this? And if so how where the results??
HI Glenn - I can't help you as far as the decision whether to up your Sevella dosage - but when I first started on it, I broke out in a horrible rash all over my body. I went off it. I DO have a couple of friends who are on the medicine. One of them, like me, had to stop the Med - the other friend had her dosage upped - and she was in the hospital with severe side affects. Please be very careful in your decision! Hugs, Laurie
IVE BEEN TAKING IT 50MGS MORNING AND NIGHT FOR 3 WEEKS IM STILL GETTING HOT/SWEATY TURNING RED NACIOUS DIZZY NOT SEEING ANY BENEFITS WHAT WERE YOURS AND WHEN DID THEY GO AWAY ANY INFO YOU HAVE ILL APPRECIATE
I did end up having a reaction. Blotches on back neck and face then throwing up. As my dosage increased so did my side effects. I would call your doctor
I have been on maximum dose 100mg am and pm for years with no problems. Terrible when I go without and only takes the edge off with. After I got use to it. Have a great day on purpose!
I started on 50 mg 1x/day a.m., then 75, and now 100 mg 1x/day in the a.m. only. 50mg wasn't doing much, but 100 is helping my mood and muscle pain, and fatigue some. I have insomnia so I don't want to try taking it at night. I have noticed that taking one 100mg pill, vs. two 50mg pills, has caused an increase in constipation. This is becoming a real problem, but I haven't seen my doctor again to talk to him about it.
What side effects have you experienced?
I’ve had dizzy spells nausea heart palpitations head to toe dripping in sweat. They have seamed to have gone away except the sweating. But it’s not that bad now. My dr emails the scripts in so when I got it it was 100 mg twice a day. I was supposed to be on the starter pack. So after a few days it was bad. So I called her and she had switched me to 50 twice a day.
Hi Glenn, I have been on Savella for 2 years, never could take it after 5 pm or forget sleeping.
I take 75 mg / day - I break the 50mg in half and take 1/2 with breakfast, the other half with lunch and the third half with dinner,
This cuts out the nausea, I should take a total of 100 mg daily but the 3 / halves work ok, some days I take the 4 , 1/2 tabs equaling the 100mg, but always with food & never after 5
Hope this helps
Hugs
dee
I had such bad side effects from that med (severe hot flashes, not sleeping, headaches), that I stopped the med. On Lyrica now, with no side effects.