Suggest Dosage Of Latuda

Posted on Fri, 23 Oct 2015

Question: I am wondering about latuda which I take 40mg right now it has seemed to work at this point but does not work as well do you think it would hurt if I upped it to 60mg as I can not get ahold of my phyciatrist right now I do have an appointment with him in a week
What is taking so long

Answered by Dr. Dr. Chintan Solanki (7 hours later)

Brief Answer:
yes you can increase the dose

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Thanks for writing to us.

Latuda (lurasidone) is used in bipolar depression. In bipolar disorder it can be used up to 120 mg per day. You can increase dose up to 60 mg on your own without any problem if appointment of your doctor is late and you have been on 40 mg and no further progress in improvement since more than 2 weeks. Later on you can inform your doctor.

Hope I have answered your query, I will be happy to help further.
Regards,
Dr.Chintan Solanki.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar