A 21-year-old female patient is currently prescribed citalop…
A 21-year-old female patient is currently prescribed citalopram 20mg tablets at a dose of 20mg once daily in the morning. She is not tolerating citalopram and a decision is made to switch her on to mirtazapine. The cross-tapering regimen is provided below: Drug Current dose Week 1 and 2 Week 3 and 4 Week 5 and 6 Citalopram 20mg OM 10mg OM 5mg OM Mirtazapine 15mg ON 15mg ON You prescribe the patient citalopram 10mg tablets and inform them to halve the tablets when a 5mg dose is required. How many citalopram 10mg tablets should be prescribed to complete the cross-tapering regimen?