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Vitamins and Minerals, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6)
Dosage form:
Tablet
Strength:
50 mg
Indications/Special comments:
For prevention and treatment of pyridoxine deficiency states that may occur as a result of inadequate nutrition or intestinal malabsorption. It is also used as antidote in cyclosporin poisoning and to terminate seizures and prevent neuropathy associated with isoniazid poisoning.
Dosage Administration:
Adult: Deficiency states: Oral: 20 - 50mg up to 3 times daily. Isoniazid neuropathy, prophylaxis: 10mg daily, therapeutic - 50mg three times daily. Idiopathic sideroblastic anaemia: Oral: 100 - 400mg daily in divided doses. Nutritional supplement - Dietary supplement: Oral: 10 - 20mg per day for three weeks followed by 2 to 5mg per day (in a multivitamin preparation) for several weeks. Drug Induced deficiency: Prevention: Oral: 10 -50mg per day for penicillamine or 100 - 300mg per day for cycloserine, hydralazine, or isoniazid. Treatment: Oral: 50 to 100mg per day as needed to prevent relapse; IM or IV: 50 to 200mg per day for three weeks, followed by 25 to 100mg per day as needed. Child: Dietary supplement: Oral: 2.5 to 10mg per day for three weeks, followed by 2 to 5mg per day (in a multivitamin preparation) for several weeks.
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Vitamins and Minerals, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6)
Dosage form:
Injection
Strength:
25mg/ml in 2ml ampoule, 150mg/ml
Indications/Special comments:
For prevention and treatment of pyridoxine deficiency states that may occur as a result of inadequate nutrition or intestinal malabsorption. It is also used as antidote in cyclosporin poisoning and to terminate seizures and prevent neuropathy associated with isoniazid poisoning.
Dosage Administration:
Drug induced deficency: IM or IV: 50 to 200mg per day for three weeks, followed by 25 to 100mg per day as needed.
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Vitamins and Minerals, Potassium Phosphate
Dosage form:
Tablet
Strength:
250mg
Indications/Special comments:
For use in patients with elevated urinary pH. Helps keep calcium soluble and reduces odour and rash caused by ammoniacal urine. Also, by acidifying the urine, it increases the antibacterial activity of methenamine mandelate and methenamine hippurate
Dosage Administration:
Two tablets dissolved in 6 - 8oz. of water 4 times daily with meals and at bedtime. For best results, let the tablets soak in water for 2 to 5 minutes, or more if necessary, and stir. If any tablet particles remain undissolved, they may be crushed and stirred vigorously to speed dissolution.
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Vitamins and Minerals, Potassium Chloride
Dosage form:
Tablet
Strength:
600 mg
Indications/Special comments:
For treatment of potassium depletion
Dosage Administration:
Adult: for prevention of hypokalaemia: Oral: 2 - 4g daily by mouth in patients taking normal diet. Smaller doses must be used if there is renal insufficiency (common in the elderly) otherwise there is danger of hyperkalaemia.
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Vitamins and Minerals, Phytomenadione (Vitamin K1)
Dosage form:
Injection
Strength:
1mg/ml, 10mg/ml in 1ml ampoule.
Indications/Special comments:
Prothrombogenic nutritional supplement, it is also used for treatment and prevention of various coagulation disorders including hypoprothrombinemia, or as an antidote to drug induced hypoprothrombinemia
Dosage Administration:
SC or IM, it should not be given repeatedly to patients with severe liver disease, once the response to the initial dose is unsatisfactory.Child: Nutritional supplement (vitamin), prothrombogenic or Antidote (to drug-induced hypoprothrombinemia), Treatment of hypoprothrombinemia: Infants: IM or SC: 1 - 2mg. Child: IM or SC: 5 - 10mg.
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Topical, Miscellaneous, Petrolatum Jelly
Dosage form:
Ointment
Strength:
White, Regular
Indications/Special comments:
Temporarily protects & helps relieve minor cuts, scrapes, burns & chapped or cracked skin & lips. Helps protect/seal/ create a barrier from the drying effects of wind & cold weather.
Dosage Administration:
Adult: To be applied undiluted in pre- and post-operative skin disinfection. Child: Not recommended for regular use in neonates (and contraindicated in very low birth weight infants).
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Topical Anti-inflammatory, Systemic, Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate
Dosage form:
Injection
Strength:
10mg/ml, 25mg/ml
Indications/Special comments:
Suppression of inflammatory and allergic disorders; inflammatory bowel disease, asthma, and rheumatic disease, for the treatment of adrenocortical insufficiency and as immune suppression
Dosage Administration:
Adult Antiinflammatory Dosing: IV or IM: 4 to 60 mg/day. For intraarticular, intralesional or soft tissue administration: Large joints: 10 to 20 mg; Small joints: 4 to 5 mg; Bursae: 10 to 15 mg; Tendon sheaths: 2 to 5 mg; Soft tissue infiltration: 10 to 30 mg; Ganglia: 5 to 10 mg. Injectable suspension (tebutate) for intraarticular, intralesional or soft tissue administration: Large joints: 20 to 30 mg (doses > 40 mg not recommended); Small joints: 8 to 10 mg; Bursae: 20 to 30 mg; Tendon sheaths: 4 to 10 mg; Ganglia: 10 to 20 mg. Injectable suspension (acetate) for intraarticular, intralesional or soft tissue administration: 4 to 100 mg; Bursae: 10 to 15 mg; Tendon sheaths: 2 to 5 mg; Soft tissue infiltration: 10 to 30 mg.
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Topical Anti-inflammatory, Pimecrolimus
Dosage form:
Cream
Strength:
0.01
Indications/Special comments:
Short-term and intermittent long-term treatment of mild to moderate atopic dermatitis in patients not responsive to conventional therapy or when conventional therapy is not appropriate
Dosage Administration:
Adult and Child 2 years and older: Apply thin layer to affected area twice daily; rub in gently and completely.Note: Continue as long as signs and symptoms persist; discontinue if resolution occurs; re-evaluate if symptoms persist longer than 6 weeks.
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Topical Anti-infectives, Permethrin
Dosage form:
Cream
Strength:
0.05
Indications/Special comments:
Scabies, head and body lice
Dosage Administration:
Scabies and body lice: Apply cream over whole body and wash off after 8 – 12 hours.Note: For external use only
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Thyroid Hormones and Antithyroid Agents, Propylthiouracil
Dosage form:
Tablet
Strength:
50 mg
Indications/Special comments:
Hyperthyroidism
Dosage Administration:
By mouth: Adult: Initially 200–400 mg daily in divided doses until the patient becomes euthyroid, then reduced to 50–150 mg daily in divided doses, initial dose should be gradually reduced to the maintenance dose.
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