Active Ingredient: Iloprost
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
Intravenous
1.5 - 2 ng per kg of body weight
From 1.5 To 2 ng per kg of body weight once every day
The recommended dosage varies between 1.5 to 2 ng/kg/min depending on the patient’s tolerance. Treatment should be started at 0.5 ng/kg/min (i.e. 10 ml/h) and increased gradually every 30 minutes, according to the scheme proposed above, to reach the maximum tolerated dose by the patient. The duration of the infusion will be 6h/per day for 5 consecutive days, using the maximum tolerated dose determined during the first days of treatment.
Repeat cycles should preferably take place at intervals of 6 to 12 weeks (and never less than 4 weeks).
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