Capsule
100 mg
Dosage Forms
Uses
Dose and Duration
Brucellosis (in combination with gentamicin)
Adult:100 mg every 12 hours for 6 weeks
Child > 8 years: 2 mg/kg every 12 hours for 6
weeks
Plague
Adult:100 mg every 12 hours for 7 days
Child > 8 years: 2 mg/kg every 12 hours for
7days
Chlamydial vaginal and urethral discharge syndrome
Adult:100 mg every 12 hours for 14 days
Treat partner as well
Typhus fever, moderate pneumonia
Adult:100 mg every 12 hours for 7-10 days
Child > 8 years:2 mg/kg every 12 hours for 7–10
days
Acute bacterial throat infections, infected bite wound, tropical
ulcer
Adult:100 mg every 12 hours for 5 days
Child > 8 years:2 mg/kg every 12 hours for 5
days
Cholera
Adult:300 mg single dose
Child > 8 years:2 mg/kg single dose
Inguinal swelling (bubo)
Adult:100 mg every 12 hours for 10 days