Spiro Dosage ?? How to take 100mgs

coffeequeen · 06-09-2005, 07:37 PM

ok my Dr has me on 100mgs. did you start out slow with 50mgs for a week and then move up to 100?? Also it says take 2 times a day, do you do that and how do you space it out. Thank you so much in advance

harmony5264 · 06-09-2005, 07:56 PM

What is Spiro for?

linni · 06-09-2005, 08:59 PM

I'm not on spiro any longer... but when I started I started at a dose of 200 mg/day. I started right off with that dose. I took 100 mg a little before lunch (11:00am ish) and then 100mg at bed time (11:00ish)

You may not have any problems with starting right off with 100mg, but it's better to be safe than sorry right? so it might be smart to start off with 50 mg, and then increase later.

If it says to take it 2 times a day then you'd take 50mg, and 50 mg, idealy about 12 hours appart.

good luck with it! any other questions... just ask

Oh, and spiro is an androgen blocker, should help with stuff like acne, excess hair, thinning hair... it should not be taken if TTC

coffeequeen · 06-09-2005, 09:29 PM

Iinni
My I ask why you stopped??
Did you have any problems with getting up tons to go to the restroom??? I am concerned about that.
My pharmacist said it would feel that way for about 4-5 hours and that kind of turns me off....
But I am going to go ahead with anyway
Thanks a bunch!!

linni · 06-10-2005, 12:08 AM

actually I really like the spiro while I was on it. I went on it originally to help with my hair loss. My hair is thinning horribly. Unfortunately I hadn't seen any improvement in the thinning hair after about 4 years on it. So my doc suggested stopping it. I've only been off of it for about 2 1/2 months so far.

I'm still on the fence. I'm not sure if i want to start back up on it again or not. I guess I'll wait until my next blood work to figure it out.

I had to pee a little more often when I first started the spiro... but that went away... or maybe I got used to it after just a little bit. Other than that I had absolutely no side effects from it .

good luck on the spiro though!
I know that there have been other posts about it. Have you tried doing a search on the board??

jesrs17 · 06-10-2005, 01:08 PM

I have been on 150mg of Spiro for 2 weeks with no side effects. I take 75mg in the morning, and 75mg at night. I don't have to pee more often and I drink tons of water!? i also don't feel tired or lethargic. I have also been on Yasmin for 4 months. Good luck!

TickledPink · 06-10-2005, 01:11 PM

I started out on 25mgs for a week then to 50 in a week then to 100!

when I got to 100 I took 1 in the morning and one in the evening. I didn't have to pee more than usual, but did have to stop taking it cause it caused me to have nonstop periods.