ADULTS : -INJ : - PREPERATIVE: 1-2 AMPOULES I.V. OR I.M. 1 HOUR BEFORE SURGERY. PREOPERATIVE :- 1-2 AMPOULES I.V. REPEAT THE DOSAGE IF NECESSARY.
POSTOPERATIVE:- 1-2 AMPOULES I.V. OR I.M. REPEAT EVERY 4-6 HOURS AS LONG AS THE BLEEDING RISK PERSISTS. EMERGENCY CASES : 1-2 AMPOULES I.V. OR I.M. REPEAT EVERY 4-6 HOURS AS LONG AS THE BLEEDING RISK PERSITS. LOCAL TREATMENT :- SOAK A SWAB WITH THE CONTENT OF AN AMPOULE AND APPLY TO THE HAEMORRHAGIC AREA , OR IN THE TOOTH SOCKET AFTER DENTAL EXTRACTION. THE APPLICATION MAY BE REPEATED WHEN NECESSARY, IT MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH ORAL OR PARENTERAL ADMINISTRACTION.
CHILDREN :- HALF THE ADULT DOSE.
NEONATOLOGY :- 10MG/KG BODY WEIGHT (0.1ML=12.5MG) INJECTED I.M. WITHNIN 2 HOURS AFTER BIRTH THEN EVERY 6 HOURS AFTER BIRTH THEN EVERY 6 HOURS FOR 4 DAYS.
TABLETS (500MG/250MG) : ADULTS:- POSTOPERATIVE :- 500MG TO BE REPEATED EVERY 4-6 HOURS AS LONG AS THE RISK OF HAEMORRHAGE PERSISTS. GYNAECOLOGY :- IN MENORRHAGIA AND METRORRHAGIA :- 250-500 MG THREE TIMES DAILY (ACCORDING TO THE SEVERITY OF THE CASE ). IN PERSISTENT MENORRHAGIA THE TREATMENT RECOMMENDED IS 500 MG THREE TIMES DAILY FOR 10 CONSECUTIVE DAYS STARTING 5 DAYS BEFORE THE EXPECTED DATE OF MENSTRUATION.
INTERNAL MEDICINE :- 500 MG TO 1500 MG PER DAY UNTILL ALL RISK OF HAEMORRHAGE HAS COMPLETERLY SUBSIDED. CHILDREN :- HALF THE ADULT DOSE.