Funny Champix dose

[geordie1]

I had a 56 champix RX 1mg OD

Patient had been taking BD before and hadn't been told about a dose reduction. BNF etc is BD so is PIL, so i PNC and labelled as BD, and said to contact the smoking cessation advisor asap, patient agreed this would be fine as he thought it might have been a mistake.

Anyone seen it once a day, would you have done the same?

[pharmagirl]

Re: Funny Champix dose

I havent seen once a day but i have seen 0.5mg bd as a maintainace dose cos the higher strength didnt agree with the patient.

[Shwampa]

Re: Funny Champix dose

Hope your patient is not severely renally impaired, that's when you go with 1mg od.

[geordie1]

Re: Funny Champix dose

Well id like to think the patient would disclose that sort of information on questioning him, he had had BD before, i probably should have labelled it as directed and got him to check with his cessation advisor, but i labelled it as BD.

[Sir_Dispensalot]

Re: Funny Champix dose

Well id like to think the patient would disclose that sort of information on questioning him, .

yeah right! if i had a pound for every time someone who said 'no' to the any other medical conditions question - and then you look on the pmr to find a whole host of things wrong with them - i'd have a small fortune!