Gocovri - labeled renal guidance
Renal action and limits
Amantadine (Gocovri), adult bedtime extended-release capsules
MDRD estimate, mL/min/1.73 m2
- Action or finding
- At 60-89, start 137 mg at bedtime and increase after one week to 274 mg. At 30-59, start 68.5 mg at bedtime and, if needed after one week, increase to 137 mg. At 15-29, use 68.5 mg at bedtime. Below 15, use is contraindicated.
- Limits and monitoring
- The label uses an MDRD-derived value in mL/min/1.73 m2 although it calls it creatinine clearance. Do not substitute an unindexed Cockcroft-Gault value.
- Before use
- Apply only to the stated formulation, indication and renal population.
- Product / population
- Amantadine (Gocovri), adult bedtime extended-release capsules
- Renal measure
- MDRD estimate, mL/min/1.73 m2
- Source revision
- DailyMed SPL version 8, effective 2026-10-05; posted Oct 06, 2026
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-07 (not the revision date)
Renal guidance: 2.3, 4 and 8.6
At 60-89, start 137 mg at bedtime and increase after one week to 274 mg. At 30-59, start 68.5 mg at bedtime and, if needed after one week, increase to 137 mg. At 15-29, use 68.5 mg at bedtime. Below 15, use is contraindicated. The label uses an MDRD-derived value in mL/min/1.73 m2 although it calls it creatinine clearance. Do not substitute an unindexed Cockcroft-Gault value.
Source: https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=2bee0631-0028-1314-e063-6394a90aaaed
