Olopatadinedosage

olopatadine hydrochloride 0.665 MG/ACTUAT Metered Dose Nasal Spray

Dosage and administration

For nasal use only. Recommended dosages:

Adults and Adolescents ≥ 12 Years: Two sprays per nostril (665 mcg per spray) twice daily.

Pediatric Patients 6 to 11 Years: One spray per nostril (665 mcg per spray) twice daily.

Priming Information: Prime olopatadine hydrochloride nasal spray before initial use and when olopatadine hydrochloride nasal spray has not been used for more than 7 days.

2.1 Adults and

Adolescents Twelve Years of Age and Older The recommended dosage is two sprays per nostril twice daily.

2.2 Pediatric

Patients Six to Eleven Years of Age The recommended dosage is one spray per nostril twice daily.

2.3 Administration

Information Administer olopatadine hydrochloride nasal spray by the nasal route only.

Priming: Before initial use, prime olopatadine hydrochloride nasal spray by releasing 5 sprays or until a fine mist appears. The correct amount of medication cannot be assured before the initial priming. Re-priming (as needed): When olopatadine hydrochloride nasal spray has not been used for more than 7 days, re-prime by releasing 2 sprays. Avoid spraying olopatadine hydrochloride nasal spray into the eyes.

Discard Instructions: Discard nasal device after 240 sprays (enough for 30 days of dosing) have been used even though the bottle is not completely empty. The correct amount of medication cannot be assured after 240 sprays have been used.

Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective September 1, 2023. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.

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