Active Ingredient: Gefapixant
Gefapixant is indicated in adults for the treatment of refractory or unexplained chronic cough.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
For:
Oral, 45 milligrams gefapixant, 2 times daily.
The recommended dose of gefapixant is 45 mg taken orally twice daily with or without food.
Patients should be instructed that if they miss a dose, they should skip the missed dose and go back to the regular schedule. Patients should not double their next dose or take more than the prescribed one.
No dose adjustment is required for elderly patients.
Gefapixant is known to be substantially excreted by the kidney. Because elderly patients are more likely to have decreased renal function, the risk of adverse reactions to gefapixant may be greater in these patients. Care should be taken with initial dosing frequency.
It may be taken with or without food.
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