152. Treatment Recommendations: Medications-Clonidine (Continued)
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Availability |
Oral—Prescription only. Transdermal—Prescription only. |
Prescribing instructions |
Initiate—Initiate clonidine shortly before (up to 3 days), or on, the quit date. Dosing information—If the patient is using transdermal clonidine, at the start of each week, he or she should place a new patch on a relatively hairless location between the neck and waist. Users should not discontinue clonidine therapy abruptly. |
Costa |
Oral—.1 mg box of 60 = $13.00 (daily dosage determines how long supply lasts) Transdermal—4 pack-TTS = $106.00 |
a. Cost data were established by averaging the retail price of the medication at national chain pharmacies in Atlanta, GA, Los Angeles, CA, Milwaukee, WI, Sunnyside, NY and listed on-line during January 2008 and may not reflect discounts available to health plans and others.