Active Ingredient: Vancomycin
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
Intravenous
40 - 40 mg per kg of body weight
From 10 To 10 mg per kg of body weight 4 time(s) per day every day for 10 day(s)
The recommended vancomycin dose is 10 mg/kg orally every 6 hours for 10 days. The maximum daily dose should not exceed 2 g.
Treatment duration with vancomycin may need to be tailored to the clinical course of individual patients. Whenever possible the antibacterial suspected to have caused CDI should be discontinued. Adequate replacement of fluid and electrolytes should be ensured.
Vancomycin shall only be administered as slow intravenous infusion of at least one hour duration or at a maximum rate of 10 mg/min (whichever is longer) which is sufficiently diluted (at least 100 ml per 500 mg or at least 200 ml per 1,000 mg).
Oral
40 - 40 mg per kg of body weight
From 10 To 10 mg per kg of body weight 4 time(s) per day every day for 10 day(s)
The recommended vancomycin dose is 10 mg/kg orally every 6 hours for 10 days. The maximum daily dose should not exceed 2 g.
Treatment duration with vancomycin may need to be tailored to the clinical course of individual patients. Whenever possible the antibacterial suspected to have caused CDI should be discontinued. Adequate replacement of fluid and electrolytes should be ensured.
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