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I have to take my meds every 12 hours. I took my first dose at 3pm. When do I take the next?

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The next dose should be taken at 3am, according to FDA guidelines. Thus, if you don't wish to be up at 3am, you may want to change your dosing schedule.

What medication are you taking? Knowing this would enable me to provider with more precise information.

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3 am and then the next day at 3 pm and so on.

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I'm taking a antibiotic for my sinus infection. It says to take it every 12 hours by mouth. So what does that mean?

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Re: Dian (# 3) Expand Referenced Message

It means that you should take the recommended dose once every 12 hours. So if you took one dose at 9 am, you should take the next dose at 9 pm. Does that make sense?

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Re: Dian (# 3) Expand Referenced Message

It depends on the drug. Is it time critical such as a diabetic med or an antibiotic. Diabetic med dosing is for the most part time critical. Take or dose at the prescribed interval. An antibiotic not so much. You will not die if an absolute dosing regiment is not adhered to for an antibiotic.

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Re: Verwon (# 1) Expand Referenced Message

I'm taking molnupiravir

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I took medicine at 4:00 pm and need to take the next one in 12 hours. What is 12 hours after 4pm?

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Re: Verwon (# 1) Expand Referenced Message

I’m taking Amoxicillin, as prescribed by my doctor for an ear infection.

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Re: Jingles (# 7) Expand Referenced Message

12 hours after 4pm is 4am. Are you awake at that time? If not, I'd recommend pushing your schedule forward. Like 9am for the first dose and 9pm for the second (adjust to whatever time you will be awake in the morning).

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My daughter have seizures and getting confused on to give her medicine to her she have to take it every12 hours. I would like to start at 8am.

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Re: Verwon (# 1) Expand Referenced Message

I am taking Prednisone for Cat Scan contrast dye.

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Re: Verwon (# 1) Expand Referenced Message

I am taking Levetiracetam.

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If I take my medicine at 11 what is the next in 12 hrs

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Re: Money (# 13) Expand Referenced Message

12 hours from 11 is also 11:

11am ... 11pm

Or in military time:

11:00 ... 23:00

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I will take my meds after 12 hrs at 3pm.

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Re: Verwon (# 1) Expand Referenced Message

Should Carvedilol be taken every 12 hrs?

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Re: Dian (# 3) Expand Referenced Message

If I took a medication at 9am and to take it every 12 hours what time would I need to take it again

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Re: Sur (# 17) Expand Referenced Message

If you took your first dose at 9am and need to take it every 12 hours, the next dose would be at 9pm (21:00)

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Re: Verwon (# 1) Expand Referenced Message

Amoxicillin bottle says once every 12 hours. What’s that mean ?

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Re: Roy (# 4) Expand Referenced Message

Yes thank you you ever wonder why they just say that on the bottle

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It should be taken again 3am.

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Depends on the half-life of the drug and how acute the condition being treated.

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Uuhhh, 3 am. Take every 12 hours means take every 12 hours.

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Re: Ellie (# 23) Expand Referenced Message

That would be 3 am. Might want to change your dosing schedule if it's every 12 hours. Maybe take your first dose earlier so that the second one doesn't fall in the middle of the night.

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Re: Roy (# 4) Expand Referenced Message

So if I take my med at 3:pm next dose at ??

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Not really sure how to answer that!?

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I would recommend setting a 12hr schedule to consider with your sleep pattern. Say you sleep 11 to 7. You'd take your med at 8 and 8 or 0800 and 2000hrs. Thus if you sleep in a little you have a buffer or even 0900 and 2100 depending on if you leave regularly before 9am, but you probably get the idea...

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