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Welchol Tablets
Add-on efficacy for your adult patients without being systemically absorbed.
Dosage in type 2 diabetes
- The recommended dose of Welchol is 6 tablets once daily or 3 tablets twice daily
- Welchol should be taken with a meal and liquid
- Welchol for Oral Suspension is available as an alternative 3.75 g dose that mixes with 4-8 ounces of water and should be taken with a meal.
Dosage in primary hyperlipidemia
- The recommended dose of Welchol Tablets in adults, whether used as monotherapy or in combination with an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, is 6 tablets once daily or 3 tablets twice daily
- Welchol Tablets should be taken with a meal and liquid
- Welchol for Oral Suspension is available as an alternative—3.75 g dose that mixes with 4-8 ounces of water and should be taken with a meal.
- Welchol can be dosed at the same time as an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor or the two drugs can be dosed apart. Please see important Safety Information about Welchol below for effects of Welchol on co-administered drugs.
- After initiation of Welchol, lipid levels should be analyzed within 4 to 6 weeks
Dosage form and strengths
625 mg tablets are off-white, oval, film-coated, and imprinted with "Sankyo" and "C01" on one side.
Contraindications
Welchol is contraindicated in patients with:
- A history of bowel obstruction
- Serum TG concentrations >500 mg/dL
- A history of hypertriglyceridemia-induced pancreatitis
