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Missing a dose of Ribavirin

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What do you do if you miss a dose of Ribavirin?
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Don;t worry about missing one dose., but it extremely important that you take the medications daily as prescribed. I ended up setting my cell phone alarm for my twice daily dose.
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what the doc told me is to try not to miss any,but if you do just take the next dose at yhe regular time . this medication is to keep the level of bug killer at a constant.
Mckenzie
Mckenzie
You have received great advice here, never take a double dose, please.

I didn't have this problem, since my daily riba was packaged in packs of 6.

So I took 3 in the am, and 3 at night.

When my hubby took the treatment, he had bottles with the pills, so I can see forgetting taking them.

I remember he would take them just before going to bed, they were in his night table so he never did double his dose.

I would hate to see what happens if someone would....
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I made the same mistake.It all turned out fine.I purchased a weekly pill container,it has am @ pm.It helped me not miss again.I refilled it on Sunday.Hope this helps.
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