Common Drugs with their Dosages

COMMON DRUGS AND THEIR DOSES
DRUG NAME	DOSAGE
Paracetamol	Adult: 500mg 2 tablets TID to QID
	Children: 10-15mg/kg/dose  (120mg/5ml)
Ibuprufen	Adult: 400 mg TID to QID
	Children: 10mg/kg/dose (100mg/5ml)
Amoxicillin	Adult:  500 mg TID for 7 to 10 days
	Children: 30-50mg/kg/day in 3 divided doses ( 125mg/5ml) (250mg/5ml)
Augmentin	Adults: 375 mg TID ; 1G BID
	Children: 30-50mg/kg/day in 3 divided doses ( 156.25mg/5ml) (312.50mg/5ml)
Cephradine	Adult: 500mg BID to TID FOR 7 TO 10 days
	Children: 25-50mg/kg/day in 3-4 divided doses (125mg/5ml) (250mg/5ml)
Azithromycin	Adults: 500mg  OD for 3 days
	Children: 10 mg/kg OD for 3 days (200mg/5ml)
Nalidixic acid	Children: 55mg/kg/day in 4 divided doses(250mg/5ml)
Nitrofurantoin	Adult: 100mg BID for 5-7 days
Ciprofloxacin	Adult: 500mg BID for 3 days (in lower UTI in females); rest 5-7 days
Levofloxacin	Adult: 500mg OD for 5-7 days
Cefixime	Adult: 400mg OD for 7 days; 400 mg BID for 10-14 days in enteric fever
	Children: 10mg/kg OD for 7 days
	20 mg/kg in 2 divided doses for 10-14 days in enteric fever (100mg/5ml)
Cloxacillin	Adult: 500mg QID for 7 days
	Children: 50-100mg/kg/day in 4 divided doses ( 125mg/5ml)
Chloroquin (P.Vivax)	Adults: 250 mg (chloroquin base), 4 stat, 2 after 6 hours, 1 BID for 2 days (total 10 tablets)
	Children: 10mg/kg stat, 5mg/kg after 6 hours, 5mg/kg OD OR in two divided doses for 2 days
	(50mg chloroquin base/5ml)
Artemether+ Lumefantrine (P.falciparum)	40/240mg : 15-25 kg 1/2 tablet BID for 3 days, 25-34 kg 1 and half tablet BID for 3 days,
	>34 kg 2 tablets BID for 3 days
	20/120 mg: 5-14kg 1 tablet BID for 3 days, 15-24kg 2 tablets BID for 3 days,
	25-34kg 3 tablets BID for 3 days, > 34 kg 4 tablets BID for 3 days
Metronidazole	Adult: 400mg TID for 7 days
	Children: 7.5mg/kg/dose TID for 7 days ( 200mg/5ml)
Zinc Sulphate	<6 months: 10 mg OD,  > 6 months: 20 mg OD for 10-14 days (10mg/5ml)
Clotrimazole Pessary	500mg stat HS for 1 night
PID	Tab/Cap. Cefixime 400mg or Ciprofloxacin 500 1 tablet stat + Tab Doxycycline 100mg
	BID+ Tab Metronidazole 400mg TID for 14 days ( treat both partners)