RECOMMENDED DOSAGE IS AS FOLLOWS: 1 ML (8,500 I.U) (ONE FULL MEASURING SCOOP OR 22 DROPS) PER MEAL OR SNACK FOR PATIENTS UP TO 15KG IN BODY WEIGHT. 2ML (17,000 I.U) (TWO FULL MEASURING SCOOPS OR 44 DROPS) PER MEAL OR SNACK FOR PATIENTS OVER 15 KG IN BODY WEIGHT. DOSAGE MAY BE MEASURED WITH THE 1 ML MEASURING SCOOP (PROVIDED) OR BY DROP COUNT METHOD (1ML EQUALS 22 DROPS FROM THE SUCRAID® CONTAINER TIP), DILUTED WITH 2 TO 4 OUNCES OF WATER, MILK OR INFANT FORMULA. THE BEVERAGE OR INFANT FORMULA SHOULD BE SERVED COLD OR AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. THE BEVERAGE OR INFANT FORMULA SHOULD NOT BE WARMED OR HEATED. IT SHOULD NOT BE RECONSTITUTED OR CONSUMED WITH FRUIT JUICE SINCE ITS ACIDITY MAY REDUCE THE ENZYME ACTIVITY. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE DOSAGE BE TAKEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEAL OR SNACK AND THE REMAINDER BE TAKEN DURING THE MEAL OR SNACK.
ALTHOUGH SACROSIDAE PROVIDES REPLACEMENT THERAPY FOR THE DEFICIENT SUCRASE, IT DOES NOT PROVIDE SPECIFIC REPLACEMENT THERAPY FOR THE DEFICIENT ISOMALTASE. THEREFORE, RESTRICTING STARCH IN THE DIET MAY STILL BE NECESSARY TO REDUCE SYMPTOMS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.