unit 1 dosages Flashcards
Optimizing Cephalexin Dosing
* Usual dosage range:
* dependent on?
* Half-life:
* Excretion:
* Cellulitis dose
* Cystitis dose
* Suggests minimum of hours of subtherapeutic blood concentrations with Q12hr dosing
- Usual dosage range: 250 to 1,000mg every 6 hours or 500mg every 12 hours
- Time Dependent Drug: works best the longer concentrations stay above MIC
- Half-life: approximately 1-hour for adults
- Excretion: Urine 80-100% as unchanged drug in 6-8 hours
- Cellulitis: 500mg 4 times daily
- Cystitis: 500mg twice daily
- Suggests minimum 4-6 hours of subtherapeutic blood concentrations with Q12hr dosing
Amoxicillin Pharmacokinetics
adult dosing immeadiate and extended release
all dosing based on which formula?
what timeframe for dosing is usually used?
8hrs usually used
amoxicillin dosage for periodontitis
augmentin and amoxicillin dosage
reducing augmentin shits
Goal 14:1 ratio of amoxicillin to clavulanate to lessen this side effect
ideal: 600: Amoxicillin 600 mg /clavulanate 42.9mg per 5mL *
amoxicillin dosing
augmentin dosing
kelfex Rx
RX: Cephalexin 500mg po QID x 5 days
Cefuroxime rx
Cefuroxime 500mg po BID x 5 days
less doing with longer t1/2
Metro DENTAL USES:
●Combined with? used when?
nickname
●Management of?
●Rx:
●Combined w/ -Lactams - 1st Line for serious orofacial
infections
“poor man’s Augmentin”
●Management of refractory or progressive periodontitis.
●Rx: Metronidazole 500mg po Q8h x 5days, #15
clindamyacin rx
Low-dose systemic doxycycline for refractory agg. periodontitis
● dose
● Periostat™ (100 mg PO daily
macrolide dosages
Orofacial Infection:
Perio Infection:
Orofacial Infection: 500mg, then 250mg PO Daily x 4 days.
Perio Infection: 500mg PO Daily x 5 days
preffered prophylaxis dose
Amoxicillin 2gm X1 dose 30-60mins prior to dental procedure preferred
AAOS Recommended Prophylaxis number one choice adult/child doses
Oral Amoxicillin
adult: 2g
child: 50 mg/kg
30-60 min before
what if pt cannot take oral abx but no allergies?.
PJI prophylaxis
Ampicillin 2g IM or IV 50mg/kg IM or IV
OR
Ceftriaxone 1g IM or IV 50mg/kg IM or IV
what if pt has a hx of penicillin allergies but can take oral abx (joint prophylaxis)
Cephalexin 2 g 50 mg/kg
OR
Azithromycin or clarithromycin 500 mg 15 mg/kg
Allergic to penicillins and unable to take oral
medication for pji prophy
Ceftriaxone 1 g IM or IV 50 mg/kg IM or IV
OR
Azithromycin or clarithromycin 500 mg 15 mg/kg