Ceftriaxone T P Dosage/Direction for Use

Usual dose: Adult and adolescent: 1-2 grams once daily, may be increased up to 4 g daily, in severe infections.
Pediatric dose: 25-37.5 mg per kg bodyweight, daily.
Note: Meningitis: I.V. 50 mg of Ceftriaxone per kg bodyweight every 12 hrs, with or without a loading dose of 75 mg/kg or 80 mg/kg bodyweight, every 12 hrs for three doses, then every 24 hrs.
Skin and soft tissue infections: I.V. 50-75 mg/kg bodyweight, once daily.
The maximum total daily dose in children should not exceed 4 g for meningitis or 2 g for other infections.
For intramuscular injection: Dissolve Ceftriaxone in 3.5 ml of 1% lidocaine solution and administer by deep intragluteal injection. It is recommended that not more than 1 g to be injected on either side. The lidocaine solution must never be administered intravenously.
For intravenous injection: Dissolve Ceftriaxone in 10 ml of water for injection and administer intravenous directly, lasting 2 to 4 minutes.
After reconstitution, the solutions retain at least 90% of their potency for 6 hours at room temperature or for 3 days if refrigerated at 4°C.