ADMINISTERED BY AEROSOL IN RESPIRATORY INFECTION.SOLUTIONS CONTAINING 20 MG/ML ARE USED OVER A PERIOD OF 12-18 HOURS.
FOR CHRONIC HEPATITIS C DISEASE - (IN COMBINATION WITH INTERFERON ALFA OR PEGINTERFERON ALFA), ADULT OVER 18 YEARS, BODY-WEIGHT UNDER 75 KG, 400 MG IN THE MORNING AND 600 MG IN THE EVENING; BODY-WEIGHT 75 KG AND OVER, 600 MG TWICE DAILY. SEE DETAILED DOSE BELOW:
ADULTS UP TO 75 KG WEIGHT - 2 X 200 MG CAPSULES AM & 3 X 200 MG CAPSULES PM DAILY P.O.
ADULTS ABOVE 75 KG WEIGHT - 3 X 200 MG CAPSULES AM & 3 X 200 MG CAPSULES PM DAILY P.O.
CHILDREN FROM 25 - 36 KG WT. - 1 X 200 MG CAPSULE AM & 1 X 200 MG CAPSULE PM DAILY P.O.
CHILDREN FROM 37 - 49 KG WT. - 1 X 200 MG CAPSULE AM & 2 X 200 MG CAPSULES PM DAILY P.O.
CHILDREN FROM 50 - 74 KG WT. - 2 X 200 MG CAPSULES AM & 2 X 200 MG CAPSULES PM DAILY P.O.
NOTE CHRONIC HEPATITIS C GENOTYPE 2 OR 3, OR PATIENTS INFECTED WITH HIV AND HEPATITIS C REQUIRE A LOWER DOSE OF COPEGUS® (IN COMBINATION WITH PEGINTERFERON ALFA), USUAL DOSE 400 MG TWICE DAILY