Active Ingredient: Ketotifen
Symptomatic treatment of allergic conditions including rhinitis and conjunctivitis.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
For:
Oral, between 1 milligrams ketotifen and 2 milligrams ketotifen, 2 times daily to meals.
1 mg twice daily with food. In patients susceptible to sedation, a slow increase in dosage is recommended during the first week of treatment, starting with ½ tablet twice daily, and increasing to the full therapeutic dose. If necessary the dose may be increased to 2 mg twice daily. At the higher dose, an accelerated onset of efficacy may be expected.
With food.
For:
Regimen A: In case that patient age in years is ≥ 2 and patient age in years is ≤ 3, oral, 0.05 milligrams ketotifen per kilogram of body weight, 2 times daily.
Regimen B: In case that patient age in years is ≥ 3, oral, 1 milligrams ketotifen, 2 times daily to meals.
Children aged 2 to 3 years: 0.05 mg per kilogram body weight twice daily (morning and evening).
Children over 3 years of age and adolescents: 1mg twice daily with food.
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