Active Ingredient: Dexamethasone
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
Intravenous
1.7 - 5 mg per kg of body weight
From 1.7 To 5 mg per kg of body weight once every day
The usual dose is 1.7 to 5 mg/kg (0.4 ml–1.3 ml/kg) body weight given as a single intravenous injection. This may be repeated in 2 to 6 hours, if shock persists. As an alternative, this may be followed immediately by the same dose in an intravenous infusion. Therapy with dexamethasone solution for injection is an adjunct to, and not a replacement for, conventional therapy.
Administration of high dose corticosteroid therapy should be continued only until the patient’s condition has stabilized and usually no longer than 48 to 72 hours.
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