OFLOXACIN

Normal Dose|Renal Impairment|Hemodialysis

Index

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Normal Dose

 

Indication Dose Frequency Cost
Exacerbation of chronic bronchitis 400 mg Q12 hours for 10 days  
Community acquired pneumonia 400 mg Q12 hours for 10 days  
Cervicitis/urethritis due to C. trachomatis 300 mg Q12 hours for 7 days  
Cervicitis/urethritis due to C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae 300 mg Q12 hours for 7 days  
Acute pelvic inflammatory disease 400 mg Q12 hours for 10-14 days  
Uncomplicated skin and skin structure infections 400 mg Q12 hours for 10 days  
Uncomplicated cystitis due to E.coli or K. pneumoniae 200 mg Q12 hours for 3 days  
Uncomplicated cystitis due to other organisms 200 mg Q12 hours for 7 days  
Complicated urinary tract infections 200 mg Q12 hours for 10 days  
Prostatitis 300 mg Q12 hours for 6 weeks  


Renal Impairment

 

Creatinine Clearance Dose and Frequency
Crcl 20 to 50 ml/min usual dose Q24 hours
Crcl <20 ml/min 1/2 usual recommended dose Q24 hours


Hemodialysis

 

Dose Frequency
200 mg loading followed by 100 mg Q24 hours; additional supplemental doses of the drug are unnecessay following each hemodialysis; however , a single 100 mg supplemental oral dose of the drug be given after the first hemodialysis procedure

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