Category
Systemic Antibiotics – Chloramphenicol

Composition

Each capsule contains : Chloramphenicol 250 mg

Each 5 ml suspention contains : Chloramphenicol palmitate 125 mg

Indication

Treatment typhoid, paratyphoid, severe infections : Salmonella sp, H. influenza, ricketsia, Lymphogranuloma-psithachosis, meningitis bacterimia.

Recommended Dosage

Adult, children & infant > 2 weeks : 50 mg/kg body wt daily in 3 - 4 divided doses.

Infant < 2 weeks : 25 mg/kg body wt daily in divided doses.

Contraindication

Hypersensitivity, patients with renal or liver impairment. Pregnancy & lactation.