BY MOUTH, BENIGN GASTRIC AND DUODENAL ULCERATION, CHRONIC EPISODIC DYSPEPSIA, ADULT AND CHILD OVER 12 YEARS, 150 MG TWICE DAILY OR 300 MG AT NIGHT FOR 4 - 8 WEEKS IN BENIGN GASTRIC AND DUODENAL ULCERATION, UP TO 6 WEEKS IN CHRONIC EPISODIC DYSPEPSIA, AND UP TO 8 WEEKS IN NSAID-ASSOCIATED ULCERATION (IN DUODENAL ULCER 300 MG CAN BE GIVEN TWICE DAILY FOR 4 WEEKS TO ACHIEVE A HIGHER HEALING RATE); CHILD 3 - 12 YEARS, (BENIGN GASTRIC AND DUODENAL ULCERATION) 2 - 4 MG/KG (MAX. 150 MG) TWICE DAILY FOR 4 - 8 WEEKS
PROPHYLAXIS OF NSAID-ASSOCIATED GASTRIC OR DUODENAL ULCER [UNLICENSED DOSE], ADULT AND CHILD OVER 12 YEARS, 300 MG TWICE DAILY
GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE, ADULT AND CHILD OVER 12 YEARS, 150 MG TWICE DAILY OR 300 MG AT NIGHT FOR UP TO 8 WEEKS OR IF NECESSARY 12 WEEKS (MODERATE TO SEVERE, 600 MG DAILY IN 2 - 4 DIVIDED DOSES FOR UP TO 12 WEEKS); LONG-TERM TREATMENT OF HEALED GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE, 150 MG TWICE DAILY; CHILD 3 - 12 YEARS, 2.5 - 5 MG/KG (MAX. 300 MG) TWICE DAILY
ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME (BUT SEE NOTES ABOVE), ADULT AND CHILD OVER 12 YEARS, 150 MG 3 TIMES DAILY; DOSES UP TO 6 G DAILY IN DIVIDED DOSES HAVE BEEN USED
GASTRIC ACID REDUCTION (PROPHYLAXIS OF ACID ASPIRATION) IN OBSTETRICS, ADULT AND CHILD OVER 12 YEARS, BY MOUTH, 150 MG AT ONSET OF LABOUR, THEN EVERY 6 HOURS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, BY INTRAMUSCULAR OR SLOW INTRAVENOUS INJECTION, 50 MG 45 - 60 MINUTES BEFORE INDUCTION OF ANAESTHESIA (INTRAVENOUS INJECTION DILUTED TO 20 ML AND GIVEN OVER AT LEAST 2 MINUTES), OR BY MOUTH, 150 MG 2 HOURS BEFORE INDUCTION OF ANAESTHESIA AND ALSO WHEN POSSIBLE ON THE PRECEDING EVENING
BY INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION, 50 MG EVERY 6 - 8 HOURS
BY SLOW INTRAVENOUS INJECTION, ADULT AND CHILD OVER 12 YEARS, 50 MG DILUTED TO 20 ML AND GIVEN OVER AT LEAST 2 MINUTES; MAY BE REPEATED EVERY 6 - 8 HOURS
BY INTRAVENOUS INFUSION, 25 MG/HOUR FOR 2 HOURS; MAY BE REPEATED EVERY 6 - 8 HOURS
PROPHYLAXIS OF STRESS ULCERATION, ADULT AND CHILD OVER 12 YEARS, INITIAL SLOW INTRAVENOUS INJECTION OF 50 MG (AS ABOVE) THEN CONTINUOUS INFUSION, 125 - 250 MICROGRAMS/KG/HOUR (MAY BE FOLLOWED BY 150 MG TWICE DAILY BY MOUTH WHEN ORAL FEEDING COMMENCES)