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577132 tn?1314266526

Missed Riba Dose

Calling All the Big Guns!!  Finally after 40 weeks I missed yesterday morning's riba dose.  Just realised now when I went to take this morning's pills and I saw yesterday's pinkies still there.  I have been 100% compliant up until this but now I'm freaking out.  A chink in my armour, a hole in my bucket.  What should I do?

I am thinking of adding an extra one per day (at lunchtime) until the the missing 3 are made up.  I'm in my prep week at work so could easily stay home if things got a bit difficult.

Missing a dose is quite different to lowering a dose and I am really scared that this will cause a massive dip in my serum levels and one of the mutated little a-holes might have a chance to regrow an arm or what not and get a hold again.

I'm not trying to be humorous, I think that's just the place I go when I'm really freaking.

Any thoughts, advice, experiences, studies, even opinions, will be greatly appreciated!!!

Thanking you in advance...

Epi :)
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577132 tn?1314266526
I'm all caught up now, and back on original schedule.
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I would sneak in a pill between does...as a matter of fact...i would do one extra with each dose till i got in all in....for ex:  i usually do 3 at a time...id pop 4 until the missing dose is done...to me your kickn some exta bu.tt
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577132 tn?1314266526
The Home Stretch...  How sweet that sounds...
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288609 tn?1240096756
I think we have all missed doses. At 40 weeks there should be no concern. My doc has told me not to double up to make up for it although I have before.
No worries buddy you are in the home stretch.
SVR is next!
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577132 tn?1314266526
Yeah, I'll say!  Getting a bit complacent these days. Used to get hubby to double check me back in the beginning but we slipped out of the habit.  We're reinstating the check from now on.
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youll be ok....we all do it...one missed dose wont matter ...i even thinkn it proberly even taken in too account ....the way they designed the tx sceduling...but its one thinh you DO NOT want to repeat
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