Active Ingredient: Fluconazole
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
Intravenous
200 - 800 mg
From 200 To 800 mg once every day
400 mg
200 mg
Loading dose: 400 mg on Day 1.
Subsequent dose: 200 mg to 400 mg once daily.
Duration: Usually at least 6 to 8 weeks. In life threatening infections the daily dose can be increased to 800 mg.
Maintenance therapy to prevent relapse of cryptococcal meningitis in patients with high risk of recurrence:
Dose: 200 mg once daily.
Duration: Indefinitely at a daily dose of 200 mg.
Intravenous infusion should be administrated at a rate not exceeding 10 ml/minute.
Oral
200 - 800 mg
From 200 To 800 mg once every day
400 mg
200 mg
Loading dose: 400 mg on Day 1.
Subsequent dose: 200 mg to 400 mg once daily.
Duration: Usually at least 6 to 8 weeks. In life threatening infections the daily dose can be increased to 800 mg.
Maintenance therapy to prevent relapse of cryptococcal meningitis in patients with high risk of recurrence:
Dose: 200 mg once daily.
Duration: Indefinitely at a daily dose of 200 mg.
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