Apoquel tablets for dogs 5.4mg (Each) POM-V
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The recommended initial dose is 0.4 to 0.6 mg oclacitinib/kg bodyweight, administered orally, twice daily for up to 14 days.
For maintenance therapy, the same dose (0.4 to 0.6 mg oclacitinib/kg bodyweight) should then be administered only once a day. The requirement for long-term maintenance therapy should be based on an individual benefit-risk assessment.
Apoquel can be administered with or without food.
The dosing table below shows the number of tablets required. The tablets are breakable along the score line.
| Bodyweight (kg) of dog | Strength and number of tablets to be administered. Initial dose (twice daily) / Maintenance therapy (once daily) | ||
| 3.6 mg tablets | 5.4 mg tablets | 16 mg tablets | |
| 3.0 – 4.4 | ½ | ||
| 4.5 – 5.9 | ½ | ||
| 6.0 – 8.9 | 1 | ||
| 9.0 – 13.4 | 1 | ||
| 13.5 – 19.9 | ½ | ||
| 20.0 – 26.9 | 2 | ||
| 27.0 – 39.9 | 1 | ||
| 40.0 – 54.9 | 1½ | ||
| 55.0 – 80.0 | 2 |
