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Suggest Dosage Of Azithromycin For 2 Year Old

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Posted on Mon, 5 Oct 2015
Question: My son is 2 years with 11.5 kg doctor as given azithral liquid 200. 2.5 ml once a day.is the dosage correct ?
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Answered by Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain (18 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Dose of 3 ml once a day will be sufficient

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for asking on this platform

The dose of azithromycin is 10-12 mg/kg/day single daily dose.
So for 11.5 kg weight dose of 3 ml (about 10 mg/kg/day) will be appropriate.

Please let me know if you have any more query.
Regards
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Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain

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Suggest Dosage Of Azithromycin For 2 Year Old

Brief Answer: Dose of 3 ml once a day will be sufficient Detailed Answer: Hello Thanks for asking on this platform The dose of azithromycin is 10-12 mg/kg/day single daily dose. So for 11.5 kg weight dose of 3 ml (about 10 mg/kg/day) will be appropriate. Please let me know if you have any more query. Regards