Active Ingredient: Gentamicin
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
Intravenous
3 - 6 mg per kg of body weight
From 3 To 6 mg per kg of body weight once every day
The daily dose recommended in children, adolescents and adults with normal renal function, is 3-6 mg/kg body weight per day as 1 (preferred) up to 2 single doses.
Gentamicin when given intravenously should be injected directly into a vein or into the drip set tubing over no less than three minutes. If administered by infusion, this should be over no longer than 20 minutes and in no greater volume of fluid than 100 ml.
Intramuscular
3 - 6 mg per kg of body weight
From 3 To 6 mg per kg of body weight once every day
The daily dose recommended in children, adolescents and adults with normal renal function, is 3-6 mg/kg body weight per day as 1 (preferred) up to 2 single doses.
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