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Rifampicin Indications
Rifampicin used for tuberculosis of the lungs and other organs (basic reading). Assign different forms of leprosy, as well as diseases caused by multiresistant staphylococci in diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract (bronchitis, pneumonia), osteomyelitis, pyelonephritis, urinary infections and biliary tract, cholecystitis, acute gonorrhea, otitis, when carriers of meningococcal infection, other diseases caused by pathogens susceptible to rifampicin.
Rifampicin has a virucidal effect against rabies virus, suppresses the development of rabicheskogo encephalitis (in connection with this drug is used for the integrated treatment of rabies incubation period against the background of active immunization with rabies vaccine).
Dosage and administration
Rifampicin administered orally on an empty stomach (at 0.5-1 hour before meals).
When treating tuberculosis average daily dose for adults is 0.45 g (1 per day).
Patients, particularly in the acute phase, the weight of which more than 50 kg, the daily dose may be increased to 0.6 g The total duration of treatment with rifampicin due to the efficiency of the drug, and can be 1 year or more - on doctor's orders. The average daily intake for children older than 3 years is 10 mg / kg (but not more than 0.45 g per day).
When bad Portability rifampicin daily dose can be divided into 2 doses.
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