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Prasugrel

Prasugrel Dosage

Robert Chad Hakim, PharmD, BCCCPAllison Gourley, PharmD
Reviewed by Robert Chad Hakim, PharmD, BCCCP, Allison Gourley, PharmD
Last reviewed on August 29, 2023

The average cost for 30 tablets of 10mg of Prasugrel is $21.04 with a free GoodRx coupon. This is 89.69% off the average retail price of $204.04.

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Dosage

Quantity

Price as low as

Price per unit

5mg

90 tablets

$40.53

$0.45

10mg

30 tablets

$21.04

$0.70

Typical dosage for Prasugrel

The typical dose is 10 mg by mouth once daily. For people weighing less than 132 lbs, your provider might consider prescribing a dose of 5 mg once daily to lower your risk of bleeding.

For people who are in the hospital right after a heart attack, a single 60-mg loading dose is given first before starting the 10-mg usual daily dose.

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Robert Chad Hakim, PharmD, BCCCP, started his full-time career as a clinical pharmacist at UCLA Health in the general medicine, general cardiology, and ICU units after completing residency in 2016. He also was the preceptor for the general medicine rotation from 2017 to 2021, which was a required rotation for all pharmacy residents.
Allison Gourley, PharmD, is a kidney and pancreas transplant pharmacist at a teaching hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area. When she’s not educating patients about their immunosuppressants, she's actively involved in transplant research.

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