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Pain Management Community
I would call your prescribing doc to make sure if it is okay. Upping the dose yourself could lead to problems wih yourdoc trusting you to take the medication as they want you too. If you do it yourself and dont tell your doc then your going to run out early and that could make your doc wonder just how much your taking without there knowlege.
They may want to know if its not working and up your dose for you.
But , no, if your taking 5mg every four hours then your taking it much more than twice a day. a 5mg dose and a 7.5mg dose last the same amount of time so taking 7.5 mg twice a day will not give you more relief because your then missing many possible 5mg doses in between. You may feel better for 4 hours but then your stuck with probably 10 hours(guesstimation) in between with no pain control.
I hope that makes some sort of sense and you can call your doc and get the best pain relief they can give you.