Missed Dose Management
Introduction The vast majority of patients occasionally miss a dose of their medication. Hence, it seems logical to counsel patients on what to do about a missed dose at the time of dispensing. General Advice In general, always look first in the manufacturer's Patient Information Leaflet (PI) or Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) . They may have a section entitled "What to do if you miss a dose". If the information is not available, you may then follow: If the dose is less than 2 hours late, take the missed dose as soon as they remember, and resume the next dose at usual time. If the dose is more than 2 hours late, the advice depends on how often the medicine is taken. If taken once or twice a day, patient should usually take the dose as soon as they remember as long as the next dose is not due within a few hours. Patients should then continue taking the medicine at the usual times. If taken more often than twice a day, it is usually safer to omit the missed dose, and...