Powder for injection
1g vial
Opthalmic ointment
1%
Eye drops
0.5%
Ear drops
5%
Capsule
250 mg
Dosage Forms
Uses
Dose and Duration
Meningitis and septicaemia
Adult: 1 g IV every 6 hours for 14 days Once
clinical improvement occurs, reduce dose to 500–750 mg orally
every 6 hours to complete the course
Child:25 mg/kg every 6 hours for 14 days
Plague, typhoid, typhus fever, pneumonia, breast infection
Adult:500 mg IV every 6 hours for 7–10 days
Child:25 mg/kg per dose every 6 hours for 7–10
days
Bronchiolitis, throat infection
Child > 2 weeks:12.5 mg/kg every 6 hours for 5
days.
Pre-referral treatment for pneumonia and PSBI (in combination
with benzyl penicillin) , throat infection
Child > 1 weeks:40 mg/kg IM single dose
Child < 1 weeks:20 mg/kg IM single dose
Refer immediately
If referral not possible:Repeat dose every 12 hours for 5 days, then change to an appropriate oral antibiotic to complete 10 days treatment
Bacterial eye infections
Adult and child over 2 years: apply eye
ointment 3–4 times daily for 7 days or once at night if eye
drops are used during day
Adult and child >2 years:1 eye drop every 2
hours for 2 days then 1 drop every 4 hours for 3 more days
Ophthalmia of the new born
Neonate: Ophthalmia of the new born
Ear infections
Apply 2 drops of eye/ear drops into the ear every 8 hours for 14
days