Dextromethorphan / Menthol Dosage

Usual Adult Dose for Cough

Maintenance dose: 2 lozenges orally every 4 hours as needed
Maximum dose: 12 lozenges in any 24-hour period or as directed by a doctor

Comments:

• Take one lozenge immediately after the other for a single dose.
• Allow each lozenge to dissolve slowly in the mouth.

Use: Temporary relief of cough due to minor throat and bronchial irritation caused by the common cold; occasional minor irritation, pain, sore mouth, and sore throat

Usual Pediatric Dose for Cough

12 years and older:

Maintenance dose: 2 lozenges orally every 4 hours as needed
Maximum dose: 12 lozenges in any 24-hour period or as directed by a doctor

Comments:

• Take one lozenge immediately after the other for a single dose.
• Allow each lozenge to dissolve slowly in the mouth.

Use: Temporary relief of cough due to minor throat and bronchial irritation caused by the common cold; occasional minor irritation, pain, sore mouth, and sore throat

Renal Dose Adjustments

Data not available

Liver Dose Adjustments

Data not available

Precautions

Safety and efficacy have not been established in patients younger than 12 years.

Dialysis

Data not available

Other Comments

Administration advice:

• Take one lozenge immediately after the other for a single dose.

Storage requirements:

• Store at 20C to 25C (68F to 77F)

Patient advice:

• Take only as directed.
• Do not use:
• If blister is broken or damaged.
• If you take a prescription monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) (certain drugs for depression, psychiatric, or emotional conditions, or Parkinson's disease), or for 2 weeks after stopping the MAOI drug. Ask a doctor or pharmacist before taking this product if you do not know if your prescription drug contains an MAOI.

• Consult your doctor if:
• Sore throat is severe, lasts for more than 2 days, occurs with or is followed by fever, headache, rash, swelling, nausea, or vomiting
• You have persistent or chronic cough when it occurs with smoking, asthma, or emphysema
• You cough with too much phlegm (mucus)
• Cough that lasts for more than 7 days, comes back, or occurs with fever, rash, or persistent headache as these could be signs of a serious condition
• Sore mouth symptoms do not improve in 7 days
• Irritation, pain, or redness persists or worsens
• Pregnant or breastfeeding

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Further information

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