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- Medical Video: Your Child's Liver Transplant: Medications: Zantac
- Ranitidine dose for adults
- Ranitidine dose for children
Medical Video: Your Child's Liver Transplant: Medications: Zantac
Gastric acid in the human digestive system is there to help digest food. But when the acid content is excessive, it will actually interfere with other digestive organs. Ranitidine is one of the drugs commonly used to treat excess stomach acid. How many doses of ranitidine are safe for consumption?
Ranitidine can be taken by mouth (oral) or injection (parenteral). Ranitidine can have a serious impact if not consumed in accordance with the instructions given. Stopping treatment of ranitidine suddenly, will cause abdominal pain due to the high acid content in the stomach.
Consuming less doses of ranitidine, will cause treatment to be useless and not have any positive impact. Likewise, if you take excessive amounts of ranitidine, it will bring up other new symptoms such as difficulty walking and decreasing blood pressure (to be able to cause you to feel dizzy until you pass out). Here are some doses of ranitidine for safe consumption:
Ranitidine dose for adults
For adults with duodenal ulcers, ranitidine should be consumed as much as:
Orally, as much as 150 mg 2 times per day, or 300 mg 1 time per day after dinner or before going to bed. Parenterally as much as 50 mg every 6 to 8 hours, with IV infusion or IM.
For adults with dyspepsia,ranitidine should be consumed as much as:
Orally, as much as 75 mg 1 time per day, 30 to 60 minutes before eating. The dosage can be increased twice by 75 grams per day.
For adults with erosive esophagitis,ranitidine should be consumed as much as:
Orally, 150 mg 4 times per day (at the beginning), 150 mg 2 times per day (during treatment). Parenterally, as much as 50 mg every 6 to 8 hours, with IV infusion or IM.
For adults with zollinger-ellison syndrome,ranitidine should be consumed as much as:
Orally, starting with 150 mg 2 times per day. Pareterally, 1 mg / kg / hour is given with continuous IV infusion to a maximum of 2.5 mg / kg / hour.
For adults with pathological hypersecretory,ranitidine should be consumed as much as:
Orally, starting with 150 mg 2 times per day. Parenterally, 1 mg / kg / hour is given with continuous IV infusion to a maximum of 2.5 mg / kg / hour.
For adults with stomach acid reflux and stomach ulcers, ranitidine should be consumed as much as:
Orally, as much as 150 mg 2 times per day. Parenterally, as much as 50 mg every 6 to 8 hours, with IV infusion or IM.
Ranitidine dose for children
In children 1 month to 16 years with duodenal ulcer and stomach ulcer,ranitidine should be consumed as much as:
With IV infusion, 2 to 4 mg / kg / day is divided every 6 to 8 hours. Orally if treatment, as much as 4 to 8 mg / kg 2 times per day every 12 hours. If treated, as much as 2 to 4 mg / kg / day.
In children aged 0-28 days with gastric acid reflux,ranitidine should be consumed as much as:
With IV infusion as much as 1.5 mg / kg as a doseloading followed 12 hours later with 1.5-2 mg / kg / day divided every 12 hours. If IV infusion continues as much as 1.5 mg / kg / dose as a doseloadingfollowed by infusion of 0.04 to 0.08 mg / kg / hour (or 1 to 2 mg / kg / day). Orally as much as 2 mg / kg / day divided into 2 doses, given every 12 hours.
In children 1 month to 16 years with gastric acid reflux,ranitidine should be consumed as much as:
With IV infusion, 2 to 4 mg / kg / day is divided every 6 to 8 hours. Oral administration of 4 to 10 mg / kg / day is given in 2 doses every 12 hours.
In children 1 month to 16 years with erosive esophagitis,ranitidine should be consumed as much as:
With IV infusion of 2 to 4 mg / kg / day divided every 6 to 8 hours. Oral administration of 4 to 10 mg / kg / day is given in 2 doses every 12 hours.
In children over 12 years of age with dipepsia,ranitidine should be consumed as much as:
With oral as much as 75 mg once, 30 to 60 minutes before eating or drinking and should not do therapy for more than 14 days.
Consuming drugs with proper doses will produce a more optimal impact.
