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The usual adult dosage range for cefuroxime is 750 mg to 1.5 grams every 8 hours, usually for 5 to 10 days. In uncomplicated urinary tract infections, skin-structure infections, disseminated gonococcal infections, and uncomplicated pneumonia, a 750 mg dose every 8 hours is recommended.
In severe infections or bacterial meningitis, a 1.5-gram dose every 6 hours is required, and the dosage should not exceed 3 grams every 8 hours. For uncomplicated gonococcal infection, the recommended dose is 1.5 grams given
intramuscularly as a single dose together with 1 gram of oral probenecid.
Pediatric patients: The normal dose is between 50 to 100 mg/kg/day, and 150 mg/kg/day in cases of bone and joint infections, and 200 to 240 mg/kg/day for bacterial meningitis in equally divided doses, every 6 to 8 hours.
This product is prescribed by doctors only.
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