loading dose

A loading dose of 9 grams per day for 6 days has also been used.

We'll have to give them a loading dose first.

This "saturation point" is usually reached within the first few days of taking a "loading dose."

For a drug such as this, a doctor might prescribe a loading dose of one gram to be taken on the first day.

A loading dose is most useful for drugs that are eliminated from the body relatively slowly.

After the loading dose, take a maintenance dose of two to five grams a day.

A loading dose (see above) of itraconazole should be used for the initial 3 days.

The first dose (loading dose) is larger and is given over 2 hours.

Four variables are used to calculate the loading dose:

Development of the syndrome is associated with the use of large loading doses at the start of treatment.

The loading dose is 100 mg IV bolus given slowly over five minutes.

One or more doses higher than the maintenance dose can be given together at the beginning of therapy with a loading dose.

An orally-administered mono-therapy with a high loading dose is under development in the United States.

To increase the rate at which the diflunisal plasma levels become steady, a loading dose is usually used.

An oral loading dose is typically a total of 10 grams, divided over one to two weeks but there are many other dosing regimens.

A cholecalciferol loading dose guideline for vitamin D-deficient adults has been developed.

Statutory loading dose - first give fentanyl 5-10mcg/kg slowly over 1-2 minutes.

A standard dose is 30 mg weekly, but 60 mg loading doses can reduce pregnancy rates by 38%.

After the "loading dose" period (1-2 weeks, 12-24 g a day), it is no longer necessary to maintain a consistently high serum level of creatine.

A 120 mg loading dose of gentamicin followed by 80 mg eight hourly is excessive for such infections.

When administered intravenously, a loading dose should first be given, though care should be taken not to cause hypotension.

A loading dose of itraconazole (see above) should be administered at the onset of treatment and serum concentrations monitored.

Can mefloquine be given safely as a pre-travel loading dose, for rapid induction of chemoprophylaxis?

The treat dosage is 4-6 g loading dose in 100 mL IV fluid over 15-20 min.

For improving resistance training in people with Parkinson's disease: a loading dose of 20 grams/day for 5 days, followed by 5 grams/day.