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Old 9th, August 2007, 10:34 PM
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Default Re: Amoxicillin loading dose?

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Originally Posted by johnep View Post
No, what I do is what I said thoi afternoon, get two doses in today and tomorrow space out over the day. 2 Stat is very common.
johnep
Used to be always 2stat then 1 tds.
The stat dose was supposed to get your plasma levels into a steady state above the MIC more rapidly than a single dose.

Agree with John though, antibiotic scripts dispensed in the afternoon are a good counselling opportunity, as are prednisolone 30mg short courses.
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