Adult, adolescent ≥12 yr & childn 6-12 yr 5 mg once daily. Moderate renal impairment (CrCl 30-49 mL/min) 5 mg once daily once every 2 days, severe renal impairment (CrCl <30 mL/min) 5 mg once daily once every 3 days.
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Administration
May be taken with or without food.
Contraindications
Hypersensitivity to levocetirizine, cetirizine, hydroxyzine, or any piperazine derivatives. Severe renal impairment (CrCl <10 mL/min); ESRD, patients undergoing dialysis.
Predisposing factors of urinary retention eg, spinal cord lesion, prostatic hyperplasia; patients w/ epilepsy or at risk of convulsion. Perform allergy skin test 3 days after treatment. Avoid alcohol consumption. Avoid abrupt w/drawal. Not to be taken by patients w/ galactose intolerance, Lapp lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption. May affect ability to drive or operate machinery. Renal & hepatic impairment. Pregnancy & lactation. Elderly.
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