[God luvs America]

so if you use it as a prophylaxis does this mean you have to take it continuously?

[devane617]

>>so if you use it as a prophylaxis does this mean you have to take it continuously?
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Great question. I’ve wondered that myself.

[tiki]

I wish I could remember what I saw about the dosage being cumulative. If that was the case you could take a course and then do a much smaller maimtanance dose.

[Spktyr]

Yes (more or less). Ideally, just as with malaria, where you would take a course of treatment for a week or so, then you have protection for a month-or so. Worse case scenario, you take it daily.

[iontheball]

so if you use it as a prophylaxis does this mean you have to take it continuously?
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You start with a load dosage, which is the amount used to treat an infection and then tapper to a maintenance dose, which is much lower, like one pill a week. Not a big deal in my opinion.

[MrEdd]

Until the disease is no longer in the environment. The drug has a half life of forty to sixty days after you stop taking it.

[catnipman]

“so if you use it as a prophylaxis does this mean you have to take it continuously?”

yes, but it has an extremely long half life (like 27) days and the effect last 40 days after being dosed, so might not have to take much very often after a loading dose ...