axid dosing

[Anonymous]

Please don’t laugh but I am SO clueless when it comes to figuring out
how to calculate the proper dosing of meds. I have been trying to do
it on my own b/c i was SO embarrassed that I could not figure it out…

SO, can someone please help me figure out the min-max dose of axid i could give my 11lb 8oz son….

[hellbennt]

no laughing here! I’ll try and, as axid is not my forte, I hope others will chime in-Beth???

(from here: http://www.sfca.co.uk/match/kilolbs.htm)

11lb 8oz = 5.2 kilos

axid dose:

Children <12 years: 10mg/kg/day divided into two daily doses.

However, Lexi-Drugs states that Axid may not be as effective in children under the age of 12 years as it is for adults and children 12 years and older.

5.2 x 10 = 52mgs a day of axid, divided into 2 doses

your bottle will tell you ___mgs/ml

[Anonymous]

thank you laura. you are always so helpful.
ok—so, that means 52 divided by 15mg/ml= 3.46ml max per day (1.73ml per dose).

[hellbennt]

yep- 3.5mls a day– you can also try dividing ‘unevenly’ – however works for your baby- so let’s say night time is worse, so you could try 1.5mls in the a.m. & then 2mls in the p.m- just ‘play’ with it

[Anonymous]

laura you are so much better at that math than I am.. I think that Axid and Zantac dosing is pretty much the same!! Which of course we will all have to commit to memory for future use.

[hellbennt]

gotcha! it appears as though they are the same– that the max of zantac is the same as the (1) axid dose- makes me think that folks should just ask for axid, as there’s not much room to have to ‘argue?’ But I don’t know if the Physician’s or Ped’s Desk Reference has a lower dosing for axid, like it does for zantac? That’s what started me on this whole thing, lol– the post/link I give w/ the dosing is bcse I was at the ped’s office and spouted off my knowledge of zantac dosing at 10mgs a kilo (smart a$$, LOLOL!!) and the ped showed me this thick paperback book where it had the lower dosing (2-5mgs per kilo or something)- so I posted this question to Sheri (our resident pharmacist) and found out there ARE two dosings- one for ‘pediatric’ and one for GERD/from a ped GI, etc…

[Anonymous]

yes, i think there are 2 dosings b/c my ped GI’s nurse practitioner told me just last week that Evan’s at his max dose of Axid (when i asked for it to be increased)… he’s 17lbs & only on 3mL/day – that’s no where NEAR 10mg/kg. I give him around 5mL/day 😉

I will say though that she listened to me about prevacid dosing & was totally on board w/ that dosing (eventhough my general ped’s been on board w/ that dosing from the beginning) – so I guess you just pick your battles.

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