math question

[[Bu...]]

My previous dose was at .875 mg.  I cut .125 to bring me to my present dose of .75.  How do I calculate to find the total percentage I just cut.  Sorry, I've never been very good at math. 

 

Thanks!!

[Guest [ba...]]

You cut .125 out of .875.  So divide .125 by .875 and multiply x 100% to calculate the percentage that you reduced by. 

 

I get 14.3%.

[[Bu...]]

Thank you, Bad.  Holy cow, that's a big cut.  Explains my symptoms. 

[[Ju...]]

BunnyT, I could not tolerate cuts higher than .0625mg from just above 1.5 all the way to zero.  A .125mg cut is really quite large.  A .0625 is a quarter of a white .25mg Xanax.

 

Do you have access or can you get access to the .25mg pills?  They would make your taper sooooo much easier.

[[Bu...]]

Juilea, I have both, .5 and .25.  My doc said he'll refill if I need so I'm going to adjust my cut to .0625.  Thank you.

[[be...]]

You cut .125 out of .875.  So divide .125 by .875 and multiply x 100% to calculate the percentage that you reduced by. 

 

I get 14.3%.

 

badsocref:

 

 

Sorry to hijack this thread. Here's another math question. If I cut .125 mg out of 1.5 mg, what would be the % cut? This math idiot here tried to do the same equation and I came up with 12%. Is that right? Thanx. Bets

[[bu...]]

You cut .125 out of .875.  So divide .125 by .875 and multiply x 100% to calculate the percentage that you reduced by. 

 

I get 14.3%.

 

badsocref:

 

 

Sorry to hijack this thread. Here's another math question. If I cut .125 mg out of 1.5 mg, what would be the % cut? This math idiot here tried to do the same equation and I came up with 12%. Is that right? Thanx. Bets

 

Nope-8.3%

 

Divide the "small: number (.125) by the "big" number (1.5) 

 

.125/1.5=.083

 

Multiply by 100

 

.083x100=8.3

[[be...]]

You cut .125 out of .875.  So divide .125 by .875 and multiply x 100% to calculate the percentage that you reduced by. 

 

I get 14.3%.

 

badsocref:

 

 

Sorry to hijack this thread. Here's another math question. If I cut .125 mg out of 1.5 mg, what would be the % cut? This math idiot here tried to do the same equation and I came up with 12%. Is that right? Thanx. Bets

 

Nope-8.3%

 

Divide the "small: number (.125) by the "big" number (1.5) 

 

.125/1.5=.083

 

Multiply by 100

 

.083x100=8.3

 

Thanks. I did it the opposite. I must write this down.