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==Dosage and Administration== | ==Dosage and Administration== | ||
The dosage recommended for the treatment of schistosomiasis is: 20 mg/kg bodyweight three times a day as a one day treatment, at intervals of not less than 4 hours and not more than 6 hours. The recommended dose for clonorchiasis and opisthorchiasis is: 25 mg/kg bodyweight three times a day as a one day treatment, at intervals of not less than 4 hours and not more than 6 hours. The tablets should be washed down unchewed with water during meals. Keeping the tablets or segments thereof in the mouth can reveal a bitter taste which can promote gagging or [[vomiting]].<ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = BILTRICIDE (PRAZIQUANTEL) TABLET, FILM COATED [BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS INC.] | url =http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=34ce1cdd-648e-4f1e-8512-bf3d4cc22eb9 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = }}</ref> | The dosage recommended for the treatment of schistosomiasis is: 20 mg/kg bodyweight three times a day as a one day treatment, at intervals of not less than 4 hours and not more than 6 hours. The recommended dose for [[clonorchiasis]] and [[opisthorchiasis]] is: 25 mg/kg bodyweight three times a day as a one day treatment, at intervals of not less than 4 hours and not more than 6 hours. The tablets should be washed down unchewed with water during meals. Keeping the tablets or segments thereof in the mouth can reveal a bitter taste which can promote gagging or [[vomiting]].<ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = BILTRICIDE (PRAZIQUANTEL) TABLET, FILM COATED [BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS INC.] | url =http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=34ce1cdd-648e-4f1e-8512-bf3d4cc22eb9 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = }}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 04:21, 12 January 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Dosage and Administration
The dosage recommended for the treatment of schistosomiasis is: 20 mg/kg bodyweight three times a day as a one day treatment, at intervals of not less than 4 hours and not more than 6 hours. The recommended dose for clonorchiasis and opisthorchiasis is: 25 mg/kg bodyweight three times a day as a one day treatment, at intervals of not less than 4 hours and not more than 6 hours. The tablets should be washed down unchewed with water during meals. Keeping the tablets or segments thereof in the mouth can reveal a bitter taste which can promote gagging or vomiting.[1]
References
Adapted from the FDA Package Insert.