ANAEROBIC INFECTIONS (USUALLY TREATED FOR 7 DAYS AND FOR 10 DAYS IN ANTIBIOTIC-ASSOCIATED COLITIS), BY MOUTH, EITHER 800 MG INITIALLY THEN 400 MG EVERY 8 HOURS OR 500 MG EVERY 8 HOURS, CHILD 7.5 MG/KG EVERY 8 HOURS; BY RECTUM, 1 G EVERY 8 HOURS FOR 3 DAYS, THEN 1 G EVERY 12 HOURS, CHILD EVERY 8 HOURS FOR 3 DAYS, THEN EVERY 12 HOURS, AGE UP TO 1 YEAR 125 MG, 1 - 5 YEARS 250 MG, 5 - 10 YEARS 500 MG, OVER 10 YEARS, ADULT DOSE; BY INTRAVENOUS INFUSION OVER 20 MINUTES, 500 MG EVERY 8 HOURS; CHILD 7.5 MG/KG EVERY 8 HOURS
LEG ULCERS AND PRESSURE SORES, BY MOUTH, 400 MG EVERY 8 HOURS FOR 7 DAYS
BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS, BY MOUTH, 400 - 500 MG TWICE DAILY FOR 5 - 7 DAYS OR 2 G AS A SINGLE DOSE
PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE (SEE ALSO TABLE 1, SECTION 5.1), BY MOUTH, 400 MG TWICE DAILY FOR 14 DAYS
ACUTE ULCERATIVE GINGIVITIS, BY MOUTH, 200 - 250 MG EVERY 8 HOURS FOR 3 DAYS; CHILD 1 - 3 YEARS 50 MG EVERY 8 HOURS FOR 3 DAYS; 3 - 7 YEARS 100 MG EVERY 12 HOURS; 7 - 10 YEARS 100 MG EVERY 8 HOURS
ACUTE ORAL INFECTIONS, BY MOUTH, 200 MG EVERY 8 HOURS FOR 3 - 7 DAYS (SEE ALSO NOTES ABOVE); CHILD 1 - 3 YEARS 50 MG EVERY 8 HOURS FOR 3 - 7 DAYS; 3 - 7 YEARS 100 MG EVERY 12 HOURS; 7 - 10 YEARS 100 MG EVERY 8 HOURS
SURGICAL PROPHYLAXIS, BY MOUTH, 400 - 500 MG 2 HOURS BEFORE SURGERY; UP TO 3 FURTHER DOSES OF 400 - 500 MG MAY BE GIVEN EVERY 8 HOURS FOR HIGH-RISK PROCEDURES; CHILD 7.5 MG/KG 2 HOURS BEFORE SURGERY; UP TO 3 FURTHER DOSES OF 7.5 MG/KG MAY BE GIVEN EVERY 8 HOURS FOR HIGH-RISK PROCEDURES
BY RECTUM, 1 G 2 HOURS BEFORE SURGERY; UP TO 3 FURTHER DOSES OF 1 G MAY BE GIVEN EVERY 8 HOURS FOR HIGH-RISK PROCEDURES; CHILD 5 - 10 YEARS 500 MG 2 HOURS BEFORE SURGERY; UP TO 3 FURTHER DOSES OF 500 MG MAY BE GIVEN EVERY 8 HOURS FOR HIGH-RISK PROCEDURES
BY INTRAVENOUS INFUSION (IF RECTAL ADMINISTRATION INAPPROPRIATE), 500 MG AT INDUCTION; UP TO 3 FURTHER DOSES OF 500 MG MAY BE GIVEN EVERY 8 HOURS FOR HIGH-RISK PROCEDURES; CHILD 7.5 MG/KG AT INDUCTION; UP TO 3 FURTHER DOSES OF 7.5 MG/KG MAY BE GIVEN EVERY 8 HOURS FOR HIGH-RISK PROCEDURES