STANDARD TESTS FOR VERIFICATION OF ADRENAL RESPONSIVENESS TO CORTICOTROPIN MAY UTILIZE AS MUCH AS 80 UNITS AS A SINGLE INJECTION OR ONE OR MORE INJECTIONS OF A LESSER DOSAGE.
THE CHRONIC ADMINISTRATION OF MORE THAN 40 UNITS DAILY MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH UNCONTROLLABLE ADVERSE EFFECTS.
REPOSITORY CORTICOTROPIN INJECTION IS GIVEN INTRAMUSCULARLY OR SUBCUTANEOUSLY EVERY 24-72 HOURS IN DOSES OF 40-80 UNITS.
THE USUAL INTRAMUSCULAR OR SUBCUTANEOUS DOSE FOR CORTICOTROPIN FOR INJECTION IS 20 UNITS FOUR TIMES A DAY.
IN THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE EXACERBATIONS OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS DAILY INTRAMUSCULAR DOSES OF 80-120 UNITS FOR 2-3 WEEKS MAY BE ADMINISTERED.
FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES, CORTICOTROPIN FOR INJECTION MAY BE GIVEN INTRAVENOUSLY IN DOSES OF 10-25 UNITS DISSOLVED IN 500 ML OF 5% GLUCOSE INFUSED OVER AN 8-HOUR PERIOD.