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Name of Drug
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Initial Dose
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Maintenance/regular Dose
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Parenteral Dose
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Acebutolol
HCl
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Antihypertensive:
initially, 400 mg once daily; increased after 2 weeks to 400
mg twice daily.
Antianginal:
initially, 400 mg once daily or 200 mg twice daily; in
severe angina, 300 mg thrice daily; maintenance dose, upto
1.2 gm daily. As antiarrhythmic, 400 mg to 1.2 gm
daily, in 2 to 3 divided doses.
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Acetazolamide
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500mg
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250mg/every 6 Hrs
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Activated
Charcoal
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50 gm
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Adrenaline
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200-500mcg
sc or im
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Albendazole
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Nematodal infestation 400mg,
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Allopurinol
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100mg
Single Dose gradually increased to 300mg daily
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200 to 400 mg Daily in divided dosage
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Alpha
Amylase
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200 to 500mg
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Alprazolam
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250 to 500 mcg tds
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Amantadine
HCl
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100 mg daily, increased to 200mg daily in 2 divided
dosage
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Amikacin
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Upto
1.5gm daily in 2 divided dosage by im,slow iv or inf.
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Amiloride
HCl
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5
to 10 mg daily
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Maximum 20 mg daily
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Aminocaproic
Acid
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5
gm Orally and
by slow inf,
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1 to 1.25 gm every Hr. Not more than 30 gm per 24 Hr,
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Aminophylline
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100 to 300 mg
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250
to 500 mg
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Amitriptyline
HCl
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50
to 75 mg daily in divided doses
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50 to 100 mg daily in divide doses
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Ammonium
Chloride
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3 to 6 gm daily in divided doses
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Amodiaquine
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400
mg Weekly
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400 to 600 mg daily
for 3 days
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Amoxycillin
Sodium
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1 to 3gm daily in divided doses im or iv
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Amoxycillin
Trihydrate
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750mg to 4.5gm daily in divided doses
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Amphotericin
B
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Upto 200mg every 6 hrs.
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250mcg/Kg body weight daily.increased to 1mg daily or 1.5
mg per Kg on alternate days
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Ampicillin
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2 to 6 gm daily in divided doses
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Ampicillin
Sodium
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1 to 3 gm of Ampicillin daily in divided doses im or iv
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Ampicillin
Trihydrate
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2 to 6 gm daily in divided doses
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Analgin
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500mg to 3gm daily in divided doses
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Ascorbic
Acid
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Prophylactic,25 to 75 mg daily; therapeutic,not less than 250 mg daily,in divided
doses
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Aspirin
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As anlgesic/ antipyretic ,300 to 600 mg four to
six times a day;as antirheumatic, 1 to 2 gm four to
six times a day,,upto 10 gm dailyas antithrombotic
,75mg daily
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Astemizole
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Adults, 10 mg once daily upto 7 days.
Children, 5 mg once daily upto 7 days.
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Atenolol
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50 to 100 mg ,daily,in 1 or 2 doses
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Atropine
Methonitrate
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For treatment of congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
in infants, 200 to 600 mcg half an hour before feeds.
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Atropine
Sulphate
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400
to 600 mcg four to six times a day sc, im, or iv; as
antidote to cholinesterase inhibitors by iv inj. 2 to 4 mg
initially, followed by im inj. 2 mg repeated every 5 to 10
minutes.
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Anticholinergic,orally.250mcg to 2mg daily in single or
divided doses
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400 to 600 mcg four to six times a day sc, im, or iv; as antidote to cholinesterase
inhibitors by iv inj. 2 to 4 mg initially, followed by im
inj. 2 mg repeated every 5 to 10 minutes.
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BCG
Vaccine(Freeze Dried)
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Prophylactic, ic inj. As a single dose, 0.1 ml
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Beclomethasone
Dipropionate
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By inhalation, Adult, 2 inhalations, each of 50
mcg, three or four times a day upto max. of 20 inhalations
in 24 hrs
Child, 1 or 2 inhalations, each of 50 mcg, three or
four times a day upto a max. Of 10 inhalations in 24 hrs.
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Belladonna
Dry Extract
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15 to 60 mg.
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Benzathine
Penicillin
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Orally, 3 lake Units to 6 lake Units every 6 hrs.
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3 lake Units to 10 lake Units im
Prophylactic, by im inj. 12 lake Units every 2 or 3 weeks.
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Benzhexol
HCl.
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1
mg
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Gradually increased to a usual maintenance dose of 5 to
15 mg daily in 3 to 4 divided doses.
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Benzylpenicillin
Potassium
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The equivalent of 1.2 to 2.4 gm of benzylpenicillin
daily, in 4 divided doses by im or by slow iv or by
infusion.
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Benzylpenicillin
Sodium
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The equivalent of 1.2 to 2.4 gm of benzylpenicillin
daily, in 4 divided doses by im or by slow iv or by
infusion.
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Betamethasone
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0.5 to05 mg daily in divided doses.
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Betamethasone
Sod. Phosphate
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The
equivalent of 0.5 to 5 mg of Betamethasone daily, in divided
doses. Acute adrenal insufficiency, by iv or im inj., the
equivalent of 10 to 80 mg of Betamethasone daily in divided
doses.
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Bisacodyl
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5 to 10 mg daily.
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Bismuth
Subcarbonate
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1 to 4 gm.
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Bleomycin
Sulphate
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By
inj. The equivalent of 15 to 30 Units of Bleomycin weekly in
divided doses.
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Bromhexane
HCl.
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8 to 16 mg three to four times daily.
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Bromocriptine
Mesylate
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The equivalent of 2.5 to 20 mg of Bromocriptine daily in
divided doses.
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Bupivacaine
HCl
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By
infiltration anaesthesia, the equivalent of 2 mg of
anhydrous Bupivacaine Hcl per Kg body weight.
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Buprenorphine
HCl
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Sublingually, upto 400 mcg every 6 to 8 hrs.
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