Complete dosing information for METHSUXIMIDE
Medical guidance required: Dosing information here is for educational purposes. Your healthcare provider will determine the appropriate dose based on your specific condition, kidney function, other medications, and medical history. Never adjust your dose without consulting your doctor or pharmacist.
DOSAGE & ADMINISTRATION Optimum dosage of methsuximide must be determined by trial. A suggested dosage schedule is 300 mg per day for the first week. If required, dosage may be increased thereafter at weekly intervals by 300 mg per day for the three weeks following to a daily dosage of 1.2 g. Because therapeutic effect and tolerance vary among patients, therapy with methsuximide must be individualized according to the response of each patient. Optimal dosage is that amount of methsuximide which is barely sufficient to control seizures so that side effects may be kept to a minimum. Methsuximide may be administered in combination with other anticonvulsants when other forms of epilepsy coexist with absence (petit mal).