Active Ingredient: Midazolam
Midazolam is indicated in children from 6 months to 17 years old as premedication before anaesthesia.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
Oral
0.25 - 0.25 mg per kg of body weight
From 0.25 To 0.25 mg per kg of body weight once every day
The dose must be adapted to the patient’s weight.
Midazolam should be used orally at a single dose of 0.25 mg/kg in children from the age of six months.
The maximum dose should not exceed 20 mg of midazolam (corresponding to 2 ampoules), even for children weighing more than 80 kg.
In obese children the dose should be given according to actual body weight, up to the limit of 20 mg.
Midazolam should be administered on average 30 minutes before anaesthesia.
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