GP won't prescribe 60mg Mirtazapine.What can I do?

[not39821]

Hi Suzi,
Thank you for your kind reply!
I am not asking medical advice because 60mg have been prescribed already to me for a long time (6 years: 2 in the UK, 4 in the continent).
I only wish to keep on taking what has been already prescribed.
The problem is that I had to change GP, the new GP is not willing to prescribe 60mg, because, according to the manual, the max dosage is 45mg/day.

I am sure I can find a psychiatrist in the UK willing to support the 60mg/day dosage (as I have been taking until now).
Would the prescription/opinion of the psychiatrist help with the GP?

Thank you for your help.

[Paula]

Hi and welcome. I have in the past been on mirtazapine, while on a mental health unit, under psychiatric care and under the GP care. In all that time, I understood that 45mg was the highest dose that could be taken. I have to admit I’m surprised you were able to get a UK GP to prescribe that high a dose at all