NOTES ON COMMON PEDIATRIC DRUGS, DOSAGING AND 312mg/5ml TID

PACKAGE (300)
Abridged from the Handout of Doc Arnold De Chavez, RN 228mg/5ml TID
Davao Medical School Foundations, Inc. (200)
156mg/5ml TID
FOR FEVER (150)
GENERICS DOSAGE PACKAGE Ampicillin- 100 mkD q8h Vial 375mg
Paracetamol 10-15 mkD q4h 100/ml, Sulbactam ivtt (Ampi base) 750mg
120mg/5ml, (Unasyn) 150 mkD q8 ivtt 1.5g
125mg/5ml, (Unasyn base)
250mg/5ml Sultamicillin 30-50 mkD BID 250mg/5ml
Ibuprofen 7.5 mkD q6h 200mg/5ml (Unasyn)

FOR AGE
GENERICS DOSAGE PACKAGE Cefalexin 1st Generation 30-50 mkD TID 100mg/ml
Domperidone Anti-emetic 0.25 mkD q6h 1mg/ml Cephalosporins p.o. 125mg/5ml
5mg/5ml 250mg/5ml
Erceflora Diarrhea due 1 respule BID x Cefaclor 20-30 mkD BID 50mg/ml
to infection 5days p.o. 125mg/5m;
Zinc <6 mos=10mg Drops: 250mg/5ml
OD x 10-14 days 1ml=10mg Cefuroxime 2nd Generation 20-30 mkD BID 124mg/5ml
>6 mos=20mg Syrup: Cephalosporins p.o. 250mg/5ml
OD x 10-14 days 5ml=20mg 100 mkD q8h Vial 750mg
Racecadotril Stool former 1.5 mkD TID 10mg sachet ivtt 1.5gm
(Hidrasec) 30mg sachet Ceftazidime 3rd Generation 100 mkD q8h Vial 500mg
Cephalosporins ivtt 1gm
FOR AMOEBIASIS Ceftriaxone 100 mkD q12h Vial 500mg
GENERICS DOSAGE PACKAGE ivtt 1gm
Metronidazole 30-50 mkD TID 125mg/5ml Cefixime 6-8 mkD BID Drops 20mg/ml
x 10days 200mg/5ml p.o. 100mg/5ml
Cefepime 4th Generation 50 mkD q8h ivtt Vial 500mg
FOR TB Cephalosporins 1gm
GENERICS DOSAGE PACKAGE
Rifampicin 10-15 mkD OD 200mg/5ml Gentamicin 5 mkD OD ivtt
pre-BF x 6mos Amikacin 15 mkD OD ivtt
INH + Pyridoxine 10-15 mkD OD 200mg/5ml
pre-BF x 6 Clarithromycin 15 mkD BID p.o. 125mg/5ml
mos Azithromycin 10 mkD OD x3- 200mg/5ml
PZA 20-30 mkD 200mg/5ml 5days
BID x 2mos Erythromycin 30-40 mkD TID 100mg/2.5ml
200mg/5ml
FOR COUGH 400mg/5ml
GENERICS DOSAGE PACKAGE
Ambroxol Mucolytic 1.2-1.5 mkD BID Drops 6mg/ml OINTMENTS
7.5mg/5ml GENERIC DOSAGE
15mg/5ml Mupirocin (Bactroban) TID
30mg/5ml Zinc Oxide (Calmoseptine) Q after diaper change
Salbutamol Bronchodilator 0.15-0.20 mkD 2mg/5ml Benzalkonium (Drapolene) Q after diaper change
TID/QID
FOR CONVULSIONS
FOR ASTHMA GENERIC DOSAGE PACKAGE
GENERICS DOSAGE PACKAGE Phenobarbital 5 mkD q6h ivtt Gr1=60mg
Salbutamol Gr2=30mg
nebulization Gr3=15mg
Salbutamol+Ipr Diazeepam 0.2-0.4 mkD q6h Amp 5mg/ml
atropium ivtt Tabs 2mg
(Combivent) 0.1-0.3 mkD 5mg
Prednisone 1 mkD BID p.o. 10mg/5ml q8h p.o 10mg
Hydrocortisone 5 mkD q6h ivtt
Montelukast 0-2y.o = 4mg sachet OD @ HS p.o. FOR CONJUCTIVITIS
2-5y.o =4mg chew GENERIC DOSAGE PACKAGE
tablet Fusidic acid 1 drop on each
6-14y.o = 5mg chew (Fusithalmic) eye q12h (for 3-4
tablet eyedrops days)
>15y.o = 10mg chew
tablet FOR GINGIVAL LESIONS
GENERIC DOSAGE PACKAGE
FOR HYPERSENSITIVITY Carbenoxolone QID
GENERICS DOSAGE PACKAGE (Rowagel)
Diphenhydrami 1 mkD Amp 50mg/ml Oromucosal spray 2 puffs TID (for
ne (Kamillosan) 3-4 days)
Cetirizine 0.25 mkD 10mg/ml
OD/BID 1mg/ml
Hydroxyzine 1 mkD 2mg/ml Encoded By: ejcl
(Iterax)
Hydrocortisone 5 mkD q6h ivtt
Prednisone 1 mkD BID p.o. 10mg/5ml

FOR INFECTIONS
GENERICS DOSAGE PACKAGE
Ampicillin 100 mkD TID Vial 250mg
ivtt 500mg
Amoxicillin 30-50 mkD TID 100mg/ml
p.o. 125mg/ml
Co-Amoxiclav 30-50 mkD p.o. 457mg/5ml BID
(Augmentin) (400)