Azithromycin Dry Suspension dosage for 5 year olds needs to be decided based on kilograms of body weight and the cause of the disease, and the general recommendation is a daily dosage of around 10 mg per kilogram of body weight, with a total dosage of 30 mg/kg.
Azithromycin Dry Suspension belongs to a kind of antibiotic drugs, clinically used mainly for Chlamydia pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae or Streptococcus pneumoniae infections caused by the related diseases.
When a 5-year-old child takes this drug, it is usually based on kilograms of body weight, and the dosage varies according to the cause of the disease:
1.There are two ways of administering Streptococcal pharyngitis in children:
(1) A total dose of 30mg/kg, taken once daily for 3 consecutive days at 10mg/kg.
(2) A total dose of 30 mg/kg, taken once daily for 5 consecutive days, 10 mg/kg on day 1 and 5 mg/kg on days 2-5.
2. For acute otitis media in children, a single dose of 30mg/kg can be taken at once.
Note that the daily dosage for the treatment of streptococcal pharyngitis in children should not exceed 500mg, and the total dose for the treatment of any infection should not exceed 1500mg.
When using this drug, you need to pay attention to whether the child has allergies, in addition to not correcting hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia and other conditions are required to prohibit the use of, so you need to be strictly under the guidance of a doctor to take, can not be used on their own.