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How to Use

Take primidone every day in regularly spaced doses as ordered by your family doctor . This will provide the proper amount of drug needed to prevent seizures.

Dosage

The number of tablets or teaspoonfuls of suspension that you take depends on the strength of the drug. Always the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses and the length of time you take the drug depend on your special needs .

• For oral dosage forms - chewable tablets, tablets or suspension:
  • For epilepsy:
    • Adults, teenagers and children 8 years of age or older At first, 100 or 125 milligrams - mg once a day at bedtime. Your family doctor may increase your dose if needed. However, the dose is usually not more than 2000 mg a day.
    • Children up to 8 years of age At first, 50 mg once a day at bedtime. Your family doctor may increase your dose if needed.

Missed dose If you miss a dose of this drug, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is within an hour of your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not double doses.

Storage To store this drug:

• Keep out of the reach of children.
• Store away from heat and direct light.
• Do not store the tablet form of this drug in the bathroom, near the kitchen sink, or in other damp places. Heat or moisture may cause the drug to break down.
• Keep the liquid form of this drug from freezing.
• Do not keep outdated drug or drug no longer needed. Be sure that any discarded drug is out of the reach of children.