I am on 25mg twice a day of hydroxyzine pamoate for both anxiety and my allergies. The bottle says take twice a day so I take one after I wake up and then an other at night before bed. My prescription runs out before my next appointment with my doctor and it works so well, especially for my allergies that I don't want to have to go 2 months without it until my next appointment . Can I just cut back to one pill a day rather than 2? This way my prescription can last me twice as long.
Hydroxyzine pamoate 25mg. Can I cut my dosage?
Question posted by catbrat on 15 Oct 2018
Last updated on 15 October 2018
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15 Oct 2018
If it is a 25mg tablet, you can cut it in half and take 1/2 in the am and 1/2 in the pm. If it is a capsule, it would be fine to only take one a day instead of 2. I would take it at bedtime if it were me, as it tends to make me drowsy. I take 10mg tablet at bedtime as needed for sleep.
catbrat
15 Oct 2018
thank you! i take the capsule so cutting it in half is not possible. it does not make me sleepy so taking just one during the day will be fine for me.
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