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Dosing and  Administration

Only Slenyto® offers an easy to swallow minitablets that are designed specifically to address the main concern of children with insomnia and enable adjustable dosing to ensure high efficacy and safety.

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Making the Most of Slenyto®:

Right dose, 30-60 minutes before bed, every night

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Slenyto® is available in two dosage forms:

 

1 mg prolonged-release melatonin 3mm pink minitablets 

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5 mg prolonged-release melatonin 3mm yellow minitablets

  • Slenyto® treatment should be evaluated and dose can be escalated every 2-3 weeks based on treatment goals:
    - Sleep onset latency < 30 minutes.
    - Longest (uninterrupted) sleep episode > 6 hours.
    - Total sleep time - according to sleep recommendations by age.

  • Recommended starting dose of Slenyto® is 2mg (2X1mg).

  • Dose should be increased to 5mg (1X5mg) or 10mg (2X5mg) according to individual response.

  • A personalized titration to optimal dose is needed.

  • Use the following treatment algorithm to optimize Slenyto® dosing for your patient.

  • Slenyto® dose is not age/weight dependent.

For more information on how to manage Slenyto treatment click below:

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Download Treatment Algorithm >

 

  • After at least 6 months of treatment, the physician should evaluate Slenyto® treatment effect.

  • Doctor may consider stopping if no clinically relevant treatment effect is observed.

  • If a lower treatment effect is observed after titration to a higher dose, the prescriber should first consider a down-titration to a lower dose before deciding on a complete discontinuation of treatment.

Slenyto® designed with children in mind

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Slenyto 1 mg minitablet
Slenyto 5mg mintablet

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Taking Slenyto® is Easy

Slenyto is easy to swallow mintablet
Slenyto is easy to swallow mintablet

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Easy to swallow minitablet

Slenyto should be taken daily, at night.

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Should be taken daily, at night, 30-60 minutes before bedtime

Slenyto may be taken with a glass of water, yogurt, orange juice or ice-cream.

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May be taken with a glass of water. Alternatively it may be put into food such as yogurt, orange juice or ice-cream to help with swallowing

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  • Slenyto® should be taken as soon as the tablet is out of  the blister pack 

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  • It should not be crushed or chewed

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  • If the child misses a dose of Slenyto®, it could be taken before they go to sleep that night.

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The full list of excipients is available in the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC).


* Minitablets shown are not in actual size.

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