Tablet
25 mg
Dosage Forms
Uses
Dose and Duration
Congestive heart failure
Adult: initially, 6.25–12.5 mg 2–3 times daily,
and then in creased gradually at intervals of 2 weeks (max 150
mg daily in divided doses)
Child 12–18 years:
12.5–25 mg 2–3 times daily (max 150 mg daily in divided doses)
Child 1 month–12 years:
0.1–0.3 mg/kg 2–3 times a day (max 1 month–1 year, 4 mg/kg and
1–12 years, 6 mg/kg)
Neonate:
0.01–0.05 mg/kg 2–3 times daily (max 2 mg/kg daily in divided
doses or 0.3 mg/kg in neonate less than 37 weeks postmenstrual
age)
Moderate to severe hypertension (in combination with another
antihypertensive)
Adult:initially, 12.5–25 mg every 12 hours and
then in creased gradually every 2 weeks if necessary up to maxi
mum dose of 150 mg daily in 2 divided doses
Volume depletion, cardiac decompensation, renovascular
hypertension:
initially, 6.25–12.5 mg daily as a single dose then twice daily;
(max 100 mg daily in 1–2 divided doses)
Elderly:
6.25 mg every 12 hours
Neonate and child 1 month–18 years:
Dose same as in Congestive Heart Failure