THQ HOSPITAL PIND DADAN KHAN

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES

DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES

CAPSULE AZITHROMYCIN

AVAILABLE STRENGTH :250 mg

INDICATIONS AND DOSE
1. PREVENTION OF SECONDARY CASE OF INVASIVE GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL
INFECTION IN PATIENTS WHO ARE ALLERGIC TO PENICILLIN
▶ BY MOUTH
 Child 6 months–11 years: 12 mg/kg once daily (max. per dose 500 mg) for 5 days
 Child 12–17 years: 500 mg once daily for 5 days
 Adult: 500 mg once daily for 5 days

2. RESPIRATORY-TRACT INFECTIONS, OTITIS MEDIA, SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS

▶ BY MOUTH
 Child 6 months–17 years: 10 mg/kg once daily (max. per dose 500 mg) for 3 days
 Child 6 months–17 years (body-weight 15–25 kg): 200 mg once daily for 3 days
 Child 6 months–17 years (body-weight 26–35 kg): 300 mg once daily for 3 days
 Child 6 months–17 years (body-weight 36–45 kg): 400 mg once daily for 3 days
 Child 6 months–17 years (body-weight 46 kg and above): 500 mg once daily for 3 days
 Adult: 500 mg once daily for 3 days, alternatively initially 500 mg once daily for 1 day, then 250
mg once daily for 4 days

3. UNCOMPLICATED GENITAL CHLAMYDIAL INFECTIONS | NONGONOCOCCAL

URETHRITIS
▶ BY MOUTH
 Child 12–17 years: 1 g for 1 dose
 Adult: 1 g for 1 dose
4. UNCOMPLICATED GONORRHEA
▶ BY MOUTH

 Adult: 1 g for 1 dose

5. LYME DISEASE [ERYTHEMA MIGRANS AND/OR NON-FOCAL SYMPTOMS]

▶ BY MOUTH

 Adult: 500 mg daily for 17 days

REFERENCE:BNF 2019-2020
 THQ HOSPITAL PIND DADAN KHAN
DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES

DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES

CAPSULE AZITHROMYCIN
AVAILABLE STRENGTH :250 mg

6. MILD TO MODERATE TYPHOID DUE TO MULTIPLE-ANTIBACTERIAL RESISTANT

ORGANISMS
▶ BY MOUTH

 Adult: 500 mg once daily for 7 days

7. COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA, LOW TO MODERATE SEVERITY
▶ BY MOUTH
 Adult: 500 mg once daily for 3 days, alternatively initially 500 mg once daily for 1 day, then
250 mg once daily for 4 days

8. COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA, HIGH SEVERITY

▶ INITIALLY BY INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
 Adult: Initially 500 mg once daily for at least 2 days, then (by mouth) 500 mg once daily for a
total duration of 7–10 days
9 . ANTIBACTERIAL PROPHYLAXIS FOR INSERTION OF INTRA-UTERINE DEVICE
▶ BY MOUTH
 Adult: 1 g for 1 dose

Note:
In order to encounter antibiotic resistance strict compliance to dose is
necessary.

Hospital Pharmacist Medical Superintendent

REFERENCE:BNF 2019-2020
 THQ HOSPITAL PIND DADAN KHAN
DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES

REFERENCE:BNF 2019-2020