The present invention provides a method to treat neurological disorders. The method includes, e.g., administering higher daily dosages of anti-depressant. The higher daily dosages result in an improved efficacy of the drug, the maintenance of a positive patient toleration, the maintenance of a positive patient safety profile (e.g., dose limiting toxicity), a suitable peak plasma concentration (C
max
) of drug, and/or a once-a-day (QD) as opposed to twice-a-day (BID) administration. Applicant have discovered that increased daily dosages anti-depressant that would normally evoke adverse effects can be administered without the negative patient tolerability (i.e., adverse reactions) by escalating dosages over time. Such escalation dosages provide more efficacious amounts of anti-depressant than would otherwise be permitted. Similarly, higher levels of circulating drug are possible in patients by administering the compound in divided doses over the course of a day rather than once a day.
本发明提供了一种治疗神经系统疾病的方法。该方法包括,例如,给予较高的抗抑郁药物日剂量。较高的日剂量可提高药物疗效、维持患者良好的耐受性、维持患者良好的安全性(如剂量限制毒性)、达到合适的峰值血浆浓度(C
最大值
或一天一次(QD)而不是一天两次(BID)给药。申请人发现,通过逐渐增加剂量,可以在不影响患者耐受性(即不良反应)的情况下,增加通常会引起不良反应的抗抑郁药的日剂量。这种剂量递增提供的抗抑郁药的疗效比原来允许的剂量更高。同样,通过在一天内分次给药,而不是一天一次给药,患者体内的药物循环
水平可能会更高。