Taking anticoagulants after missing a dose
What to do if you miss a dose of anticoagulant:
- If you remember it in the same day, take the missed dose. Then go back to your regular schedule.
- If it is the next day, or almost time to take the next dose, do not take the missed dose. Do not double the dose to make up for the missed one. At your next regularly scheduled time, take your normal anticoagulant dose.
- If you miss your dose for 2 or more days, call your doctor.
Do not double the dose in any one day to make up for a missed dose.
Call your doctor if you are not sure what to do if you missed a dose.
You can keep track of your medication doses in a daily medication planner
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| Author: | Robin Parks, MS | Last Updated: January 15, 2008 |
| Medical Review: | E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine Jeffrey J. Gilbertson, MD - Cardiovascular Surgery | |
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