Tablet
250 mg
Suspension
125 mg/ml
Dosage Forms
Uses
Dose and Duration
Moderate pneumonia, gum infection; post-partum haemorrhage
Adult: 500 mg every 6 hours for 5 days
Child: 10–15 mg/kg every 6 hours for 5 days
Bacterial sore throat (alternative to benzathine penicillin or
phenoxymethylpenicillin); breast infection
Adult: 500 mg every 6 hours for 10 days
Child: 12.5 mg/kg every 6 hours for 10 days
Cholera (second line treatment)
Adult and child >12 years: 500 mg every 6 hours
for 3 days
Child 6–12 years: 25–50 mg/kg every 6 hours for
3 days
Child 1–5 years: 250 mg every 6 hours for 3
days
Child 4–12 months: 125 mg every 6 hours for 3
days
Child 2–4 months: 62.5 mg every 6 hours for 3
days
Ophthalmia of the new born
Neonate: 10 mg/kg every 6 hours for 14–21 days
Trachoma, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), inguinal swelling,
genital ulcer
Adult: 500 mg every 6 hours for 14 days
Child: 10–15 mg/kg every 6 hours for 14 days
Urethral discharge syndrome; abnormal vaginal discharge syndrome
(alternative to doxycycline)
Adult: 500 mg every 6 hours for 7 days
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