ZENTEL TABLETS

Hydatid disease -Adults and adolescents weighing 60 kg or more: Oral, 400 mg two times a day for twenty-eight days. Treatment may be repeated in fourteen days. Up to three cycles of albendazole treatment may be given. Adults and adolescents weighing less than 60 kg: Oral, 15 mg per kg of body weight per day, given in divided doses two times a day for twenty-eight days. Treatment may be repeated in fourteen days. Up to three cycles of albendazole treatment may be given. Note: To achieve optimal killing of the cysts, albendazole is best given as three courses of therapy in a presurgical or postsurgical setting. Neurocysticercosis -Adults and adolescents weighing 60 kg or more: Oral, 400 mg two times a day for eight to thirty days. Adults and adolescents weighing less than 60 kg: Oral, 15 mg per kg of body weight per day, given in divided doses two times a day for eight to thirty days. [Ascariasis] or [Capillariasis] or [Enterobiasis] or [Hookworm infections] or [Strongyloidiasis] or [Taeniasis] or [Trichostrongyliasis] or [Trichuriasis] -See Albendazole Oral Suspension. [Cutaneous larva migrans] -Oral, 400mg once a day for three days . Note: In the treatment of giardiasis, see Albendazole Oral Suspension.

MAXIMUM ADULT DOSE:

800 mg for patients weighing less than 60 kg .

PEDIATRIC DOSE:

Hydatid disease or Neurocysticercosis -See Usual adult and adolescent dose . [Ascariasis] or [Capillariasis] or [Cutaneous larva migrans] or [Enterobiasis] or [Hookworm infections] or [Strongyloidiasis] or [Taeniasis] or [Trichostrongyliasis] or [Trichuriasis] -See Albendazole Oral Suspension. Note: In the treatment of giardiasis, see Albendazole Oral Suspension.

MAXIMUM PEDIATRIC DOSE:

Maximum total daily dose for patients weighing less than 60 kg is 800 mg.

ELDERLY DOSE:

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