If a patient cannot remember taking last dose of Xarelto (taking 20 mg once per day in evenings) and thinks of it the next morning, would it be better to run the risk of doubling up and take as soon as remember? Or potentially skip dose and resume evening schedule?
Cannot remember if I took last dose of Xarelto?
Question posted by pharm2023 on 3 Sep 2023
Last updated on 3 September 2023 by masso
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masso
3 Sep 2023
What happens if I miss a dose?
If you take Xarelto 1 time each day: Take the medicine as soon as you remember, and then go back to your regular schedule. Do not take two doses in the same day.
If you take the 15-milligram tablet 2 times each day: Take the missed dose on the same day you remember it. You may take the missed morning dose with the evening dose. Take your next dose at the regular time and stay on your two times a day schedule.
If you take the 2.5-milligram tablet 2 times each day: Skip the missed dose and take your next dose at the regular time. Do not use two doses at one time.
If your child takes Xarelto 2 times each day: give the missed morning dose as soon as you remember. You may give the missed morning dose with the evening dose. If you miss an evening dose, skip the missed dose and then go back to the regular schedule.
If your child takes Xarelto 3 times each day: skip the missed dose and give the next dose at the regular time. Do not give two doses at one time.
Get your prescription refilled before you run out of medicine completely.
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