BY MOUTH (AS CEFUROXIME AXETIL), 250 MG TWICE DAILY IN MOST INFECTIONS INCLUDING MILD TO MODERATE LOWER RESPIRATORY-TRACT INFECTIONS (E.G. BRONCHITIS); DOUBLED FOR MORE SEVERE LOWER RESPIRATORY-TRACT INFECTIONS OR IF PNEUMONIA SUSPECTED
URINARY-TRACT INFECTION, 125 MG TWICE DAILY, DOUBLED IN PYELONEPHRITIS
GONORRHOEA, 1 G AS A SINGLE DOSE
CHILD OVER 3 MONTHS, 125 MG TWICE DAILY, IF NECESSARY DOUBLED IN CHILD OVER 2 YEARS WITH OTITIS MEDIA
LYME DISEASE, ADULT AND CHILD OVER 12 YEARS, 500 MG TWICE DAILY FOR 20 DAYS
BY INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION OR INTRAVENOUS INJECTION OR INFUSION, 750 MG EVERY 6 - 8 HOURS; 1.5 G EVERY 6 - 8 HOURS IN SEVERE INFECTIONS; SINGLE DOSES OVER 750 MG INTRAVENOUS ROUTE ONLY
CHILD USUAL DOSE 60 MG/KG DAILY (RANGE 30 - 100 MG/KG DAILY) IN 3 - 4 DIVIDED DOSES (2 - 3 DIVIDED DOSES IN NEONATES)
GONORRHOEA, 1.5 G AS A SINGLE DOSE BY INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION (DIVIDED BETWEEN 2 SITES)
SURGICAL PROPHYLAXIS, 1.5 G BY INTRAVENOUS INJECTION AT INDUCTION; UP TO 3 FURTHER DOSES OF 750 MG MAY BE GIVEN BY INTRAMUSCULAR OR INTRAVENOUS INJECTION EVERY 8 HOURS FOR HIGH-RISK PROCEDURES
MENINGITIS, 3 G INTRAVENOUSLY EVERY 8 HOURS; CHILD, 200 - 240 MG/KG DAILY (IN 3 - 4 DIVIDED DOSES) REDUCED TO 100 MG/KG DAILY AFTER 3 DAYS OR ON CLINICAL IMPROVEMENT; NEONATE, 100 MG/KG DAILY REDUCED TO 50 MG/KG DAILY