What Is The Safest Dosage For Memantine?

Posted on Tue, 27 Mar 2018

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Question : mom is currently taking namenda xr 28mg once a day because of cost factor would like to switch to memantine that she took years ago what dose? type? hcl 10mg twice a day or other recomendation of memantine??

Answered by Dr. Sudhir Kumar (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:

She can take memantine HCl 10 mg twice daily.

Detailed Answer:

Hello,

Based on this, she can switch from Namenda XR 28 mg once daily capsules to memantine hydrochloride 10 mg twice daily tablets.

Hope I have answered your query.

Take care

Regards,
Dr Sudhir Kumar, Neurologist

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad