THE RECOMMENDED DOSAGE FOR GRANICIP INJECTION IS 10-40 MCG/KG ADMINISTERED INTRAVENOUSLY WITHIN 30 MINUTES BEFORE INITIATION OF CHEMOTHERAPY, AND ONLY ON THE DAY(S) CHEMOTHERAPY IS GIVEN, DILUTED IN 20-50 ML OF NORMAL SALINE OR 5% DEXTROSE, INFUSED OVER 5 MTS.
THE RECOMMENDED ADULT DOSAGE OF ORAL (GRANISETRON HYDROCHLORIDE) IS 2 MG ONCE DAILY OR 1 MG TWICE DAILY. IN THE 2 MG ONCE-DAILY REGIMEN, TWO 1 MG TABLETS ARE GIVEN UP TO 1 HOUR BEFORE CHEMOTHERAPY. IN THE 1 MG TWICE-DAILY REGIMEN, THE FIRST 1 MG TABLET IS GIVEN UP TO 1 HOUR BEFORE CHEMOTHERAPY, AND THE SECOND TABLET, 12 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST. EITHER REGIMEN IS ADMINISTERED ONLY ON THE DAY(S) CHEMOTHERAPY IS GIVEN. CONTINUED TREATMENT, WHILE NOT ON CHEMOTHERAPY, HAS NOT BEEN FOUND TO BE USEFUL.
POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING, BY INTRAVENOUS INJECTION (DILUTED TO 5 ML AND GIVEN OVER 30 SECONDS), PREVENTION, 1 MG BEFORE INDUCTION OF ANAESTHESIA; TREATMENT, 1 MG, GIVEN AS FOR PREVENTION; MAX. 2 MG IN ONE DAY; CHILD NOT RECOMMENDED