Active Ingredient: Vitamin C
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
For:
In case that patient age in years is ≥ 6, oral, between 250 milligrams vitamin C and 1,000 milligrams vitamin C, divided daily.
Adults and children over 6 years: Not less than 250 mg daily in divided doses. Maximum of 1000 mg daily.
For:
Intravenous, 200 milligrams vitamin C, once daily, over the duration of 1 to 7 days.
The recommended maximum duration of daily treatment with vitamin C is seven days. If no improvement in scorbutic symptoms is observed after one week of treatment, retreat until resolution of scorbutic symptoms is observed.
For:
In case that patient age in months is ≥ 5 and patient age in months is ≤ 12, intravenous, 50 milligrams vitamin C, once daily, over the duration of 1 to 7 days.
Pediatric patients age 5 months to less than 12 months: 50 mg once daily.
The recommended maximum duration of daily treatment with vitamin C is seven days. If no improvement in scorbutic symptoms is observed after one week of treatment, retreat until resolution of scorbutic symptoms is observed.
Repeat dosing is not recommended in pediatric patients less than 11 years of age.
For:
Intravenous, 100 milligrams vitamin C, once daily, over the duration of 1 to 7 days.
Pediatric patients age 1 year to less than 11 years: 100 mg once daily.
The recommended maximum duration of daily treatment with vitamin C is seven days. If no improvement in scorbutic symptoms is observed after one week of treatment, retreat until resolution of scorbutic symptoms is observed.
Repeat dosing is not recommended in pediatric patients less than 11 years of age.
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