THE DOSAGE OF CIPROFLOXACIN IS DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF SEVERITY OF INFECTION, TYPE OF INFECTING ORGANISM AND AGE. THE DOSAGE AS FOLLOWS.
1. UTI :- 250 MG EVERY 12 HOURS.
COMPLICATED UTI :- 500 MG I.V. EVERY 12 HOURS.
LOWER RESPIRATORY, SKIN AND SKIN STRUCTURE, BONE AND JOINT INFECTION :- 500 MG EVERY 12 HOURS.
PSEUDOMONAL LOWER RESPIRATORY-TRACT INFECTION IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS, 750 MG TWICE DAILY; CHILD 5 - 17 YEARS (SEE PRECAUTIONS ), UP TO 20 MG/KG (MAX. 750 MG) TWICE DAILY
ENT :- 500 -750 MG EVERY 12 HOURS.
GONORRHOEA :- 500 MG SINGLE DOSE.
GYNAECOLOGICAL INFECTIONS :- 500 MG EVERY 12 HOURS.
SEPTICAMIA, BACTEREMIA AND INTRA-ABDOMINAL INFECTIONS :- 500-750 MG EVERY 12 HOURS.
BY INTRAVENOUS INFUSION (OVER 30 - 60 MINUTES; 400 MG OVER 60 MINUTES), 200 - 400 MG TWICE DAILY
PSEUDOMONAL LOWER RESPIRATORY-TRACT INFECTION IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS, 400 MG TWICE DAILY; CHILD 5 - 17 YEARS (SEE CAUTIONS), UP TO 10 MG/KG (MAX. 400 MG) 3 TIMES DAILY
URINARY-TRACT INFECTIONS, 100 MG TWICE DAILY
GONORRHOEA, 100 MG AS A SINGLE DOSE
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT NOT RECOMMENDED (SEE CAUTIONS ABOVE) BUT WHERE BENEFIT OUTWEIGHS RISK, BY MOUTH, 5 - 15 MG/KG (MAX. 750 MG) TWICE DAILY OR BY INTRAVENOUS INFUSION, 4 - 8 MG/KG (MAX. 400 MG) TWICE DAILY
ANTHRAX (TREATMENT AND POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS, SEE NOTES ABOVE), BY MOUTH, 500 MG TWICE DAILY; CHILD AND ADOLESCENT 15 MG/KG (MAX. 500 MG) TWICE DAILY
BY INTRAVENOUS INFUSION, 400 MG TWICE DAILY; CHILD AND ADOLESCENT 10 MG/KG (MAX. 400 MG) TWICE DAILY
FOR ACUTE EXACERBATIONS OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS ASSOCIATED WITH PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA INFECTION, CIPROFLOXACIN MAY BE GIVEN TO ADOLESCENTS AND CHILDREN AGED 5 YEARS OR MORE IN A DOSE OF 20 MG/KG BY MOUTH TWICE DAILY, UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 750 MG TWICE DAILY. ALTERNATIVELY, A DOSE OF 10 MG/KG MAY BE GIVEN BY INTRAVENOUS INFUSION OVER 60 MINUTES THREE TIMES DAILY, TO A MAXIMUM OF 400 MG THREE TIMES DAILY. ALTHOUGH NOT LICENSED FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN IN THE UK, THE BNFC SUGGESTS GIVING THOSE AGED 1 MONTH TO 5 YEARS 5 TO 15 MG/KG BY MOUTH TWICE DAILY OR 4 TO 8 MG/KG BY INTRAVENOUS INFUSION EVERY 12 HOURS.