Dosing: Tablets

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VIJOICE tablets dosage form overview¹

Prescribe the most appropriate dosage form of VIJOICE according to the dose required and patient needs.

VIJOICE tablets (50 mg, 125 mg, and 200 mg) may be administered as:

• Whole tablets: For patients who can swallow whole tablets.

• Tablets prepared as an oral suspension: For patients who have difficulty swallowing whole tablets.

Administration overview

Take VIJOICE with food at approximately the same time each day.

If a dose of VIJOICE is missed, it can be taken with food within 9 hours after the time it is usually taken. After more than 9 hours, skip the dose for that day. The next day, take VIJOICE at the usual time.

If the patient vomits after taking the dose, advise the patient not to take an additional dose on that day, and to resume the dosing schedule the next day at the usual time.

VIJOICE tablets preparation and administration instructions

Swallow VIJOICE tablets whole, or prepare as a suspension to administer orally, or via feeding tubes.

• Swallow VIJOICE tablets whole and take with food. Do not chew, divide, or crush.

• Do not use broken, cracked, or damaged tablets.

VIJOICE tablets prepared as a suspension for oral use, or feeding tubes (nasogastric or gastric tube) administration

• For patients who are not able to swallow tablets, or who are using a feeding tube, prepare and administer VIJOICE as a suspension and take with food:

  • To prepare VIJOICE tablets as a suspension for oral use, place VIJOICE tablets in a cup containing 2 to 4 ounces of water. To prepare VIJOICE tablets as a suspension for feeding tubes administration, place VIJOICE tablets in a cup containing 1 to 2 ounces of water. Make the suspension with water only.

  • Let tablets stand in water for approximately 5 minutes.

  • Crush the tablets with a spoon and stir until a suspension is obtained.

  • Immediately after preparation, administer the suspension as directed below. If not administered immediately after preparation, stir the suspension with the same spoon to re-suspend any particles before administration.

  • Discard the suspension if it is not administered within 60 minutes after preparation.

• Administer the suspension from the cup. After administration of the suspension, add approximately 1 to 2 ounces of water to the same cup. Stir with the same spoon to re-suspend any remaining particles and administer the entire contents of the cup orally. Repeat if particles remain.

• Administer VIJOICE tablets prepared as a suspension via French size 5 to 12 diameter silicone or polyurethane nasogastric tubes, or via French size 12 to 24 diameter silicone gastric tubes.

• Withdraw VIJOICE suspension from the cup into an enteral syringe and administer it via the nasogastric or gastric tube.

• After administration, add approximately 1 to 2 ounces (approximately 30 to 60 mL) of water to the same cup. Stir with the same spoon to re-suspend any remaining particles. Withdraw the contents of the cup into the same enteral syringe and administer it via the nasogastric or gastric tube. Repeat if particles remain.