Order Medication—Variable Sequential Doses

The variable dosing option is not accepted in Pharmacy and cannot be written for inpatients. To order different dosing on sequential days, write one order for each dose,  with QD frequency, and set the start dates and times as appropriate. See Defining Custom Times For Orders.

For outpatients and discharge, variable dosing can only be written on free text medications—that is, when you choose “none of the above” from the medication search results.

1. For each dosage (up to 5), select a value or Other for the dose.
   Order the doses chronologically. The order reads "#1 dose for x total doses then #2 dose for y total doses then #3 dose for z total doses."

2. For each dosage (up to 5), select a value or Other for the frequency.

3. Type a number for the total number of doses for each dosage.

4. Click OK (ALT+O).