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Belviq Dosage

Generic name: LORCASERIN HYDROCHLORIDE HEMIHYDRATE 10mg
Dosage form: tablet
Drug class: Anorexiants

Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Apr 21, 2025.

  • The recommended dose for BELVIQ is one 10 mg tablet administered orally twice daily.
  • The recommended dose for BELVIQ XR is one 20 mg tablet administered orally once daily.
  • Do not exceed recommended dose.
  • BELVIQ/BELVIQ XR can be taken with or without food.
  • Swallow BELVIQ XR tablets whole and do not chew, crush, or divide.
  • Response to therapy should be evaluated by week 12. If a patient has not lost at least 5% of baseline body weight, discontinue BELVIQ/BELVIQ XR, as it is unlikely that the patient will achieve and sustain clinically meaningful weight loss with continued treatment.
  • BMI is calculated by dividing weight (in kg) by height (in meters) squared. A BMI chart for height in inches and weight in pounds is provided below:
Table 1. BMI Conversion Chart
Weight (lb) 125 130 135 140 145 150 155 160 165 170 175 180 185 190 195 200 205 210 215 220 225
(kg) 56. 8 59. 1 61. 4 63. 6 65. 9 68. 2 70. 5 72. 7 75. 0 77. 3 79. 5 81. 8 84. 1 86. 4 88. 6 90. 9 93. 2 95. 5 97. 7 100. 0 102. 3
Height
(in) (cm)
58 147. 3 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47
59 149. 9 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 43 44 45 46
60 152. 4 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
61 154. 9 24 25 26 27 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
62 157. 5 23 24 25 26 27 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 38 39 40 41
63 160. 0 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 36 37 38 39 40
64 162. 6 22 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 34 35 36 37 38 39
65 165. 1 21 22 23 23 24 25 26 27 28 28 29 30 31 32 33 33 34 35 36 37 38
66 167. 6 20 21 22 23 23 24 25 26 27 27 28 29 30 31 32 32 33 34 35 36 36
67 170. 2 20 20 21 22 23 24 24 25 26 27 27 28 29 30 31 31 32 33 34 35 35
68 172. 7 19 20 21 21 22 23 24 24 25 26 27 27 28 29 30 30 31 32 33 34 34
69 175. 3 18 19 20 21 21 22 23 24 24 25 26 27 27 28 29 30 30 31 32 33 33
70 177. 8 18 19 19 20 21 22 22 23 24 24 25 26 27 27 28 29 29 30 31 32 32
71 180. 3 17 18 19 20 20 21 22 22 23 24 24 25 26 27 27 28 29 29 30 31 31
72 182. 9 17 18 18 19 20 20 21 22 22 23 24 24 25 26 27 27 28 29 29 30 31
73 185. 4 17 17 18 19 19 20 20 21 22 22 23 24 24 25 26 26 27 28 28 29 30
74 188. 0 16 17 17 18 19 19 20 21 21 22 23 23 24 24 25 26 26 27 28 28 29
75 190. 5 16 16 17 18 18 19 19 20 21 21 22 23 23 24 24 25 26 26 27 28 28
76 193. 0 15 16 16 17 18 18 19 20 20 21 21 22 23 23 24 24 25 26 26 27 27

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