7.5-10.5 mg/kg/day intravenously/intramuscularly (IV/IM) divided every 8 hours Pelvic Inflammatory Disease(Off-label) Loading dose: 2 mg/kg intravenously or intramuscularly (IV or IM) Maintenance dose: 1.5 mg/kg IV or IM every 8 hours Dosing Considerations Gentamicin may be given intravenously...
Gentamicin is injected into a muscle, or into a vein through an IV. You may be shown how to use an IV at home. Do not self-inject this medicine if you do not understand how to give the injection and properly dispose of used needles, IV tubing, and other items used to inject the ...
Gentamicin is excreted intohuman milk. Due to the lack of safety data, gentamicin should be used cautiously innursingmothers. The benefits ofbreastfeeding, the potential risk of infant drug exposure, and the risk of inadequate or untreated infection should all be considered when deciding if gentami...
5 mg/kg IV/IM every day for 10 days or 2 mg/kg IV/IM loading dose; then 1.7 mg/kg/dose IV/IM every 8 hour for 10-14 days or until 2 days after patient has nofever(afebrile); doxycycline,ciprofloxacin, orchloramphenicolcould be used as third-line alternatives Dosing Considerations G...
Preparations Proprietary Preparations (details are given in Part 3) Braz.: Factive; Rus.: Factiv (Фактив); S.Afr.: Factive; USA: Factive. Gentamicin Sulfate (USAN, pINNM) Gentamicin sulfát; Gentamicin Sulphate (BANM); Gentamicine, sulfate de; Gentamicini sulfas; Gentamicino sulfat...
although amikacin may be less nephrotoxic than gentamicin.Gentamicinis now generally administered at a dose of 6. 6 mg/kg IV IM s.i.d. rather than the previous regimen of 2.2 or 4. 4 mg/kg IV or IM t.i.d. or b.i.d. Care must be taken to monitorrenal functionin compromised hor...
Do not admix; administer IV solutions of the drugs separately Monitor serum aminoglycoside concentrations, especially when high penicillin doses are used or patient has renal impairment Carbapenems (imipenem) In vitro evidence of additive or synergistic antibacterial effects with aminoglycosides against ...
Do not use this medicine in larger or smaller amounts or for longer than recommended. Gentamicin is usually given for7 to 10 days. Gentamicin is injected into a muscle, or into a vein through an IV. You may be shown how to use an IV at home. ...
Their overall fold is similar, with conservation of the calcium-coordinating residues and six cysteines responsible for the three disulfide bridges between cysteines I–III, II–V, and IV–VI. Because of the sparse structural information available, little is known regarding the broad ligand binding...
When gentamicin is administered by intravenous (IV) infusion over a two-hour period, the serum concentrations are similar to those obtained by intramuscular administration. In patients with normal renal function, peak serum concentrations of gentamicin (mcg/mL) are usually up to four times the ...