Doxepindosage
doxepin 6 MG Oral Tablet
Dosage and administration
The dose of doxepin tablets should be individualized.
Initial dose: 6 mg, once daily for adults and 3 mg, once daily for the elderly. Take within 30 minutes of bedtime. Total daily dose should not exceed 6 mg. Should not be taken within 3 hours of a meal.
2.1 Dosing in
Adults The recommended dose of doxepin tablets for adults is 6 mg once daily. A 3 mg once daily dose may be appropriate for some patients, if clinically indicated.
2.2 Dosing in the
Elderly The recommended starting dose of doxepin tablets in elderly patients (≥65 years old) is 3 mg once daily. The daily dose can be increased to 6 mg, if clinically indicated.
2.3 Administration
Doxepin tablets should be taken within 30 minutes of bedtime. To minimize the potential for next day effects, doxepin tablets should not be taken within 3 hours of a meal. The total doxepin tablets dose should not exceed 6 mg per day.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective December 24, 2024. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
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