Names and pronunciation
(nee-oh-mye′sin) Neo-Fradin
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(nee-oh-mye′sin) Neo-Fradin
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Func. class.: Antiinfective— aminoglycoside
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USES: Severe systemic infections of CNS, respiratory, GI, urinary tract, eye, bone, skin, soft tissues; hepatic coma, preoperatively to sterilize bowel, infectious diarrhea caused by enteropathogenic E. coli, Enterobacter sp., Escherichia coli, Klebsiella sp. May be effective for Aci- netobacter sp., Bacillus anthracis, Citrobacter sp., Haemophilus influen- zae (beta-lactamase negative), Hae- mophilus influenzae (beta-lactamase positive), Neisseria sp., Proteus mirabi- lis, Proteus vulgaris, Providencia sp., Salmonella sp., Serratia sp., Shigella sp., Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), Staphylococcus epidermidis
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CONTRAINDICATIONS: Infants, children, bowel obstruction (oral use), severe renal disease, hypersensitivity, GI disease Precautions: Dehydration, geriatric patients, respiratory insufficiency
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Black Box Warning: Hearing impair- ment, neuromuscular disease, renal disease
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DOSAGE AND ROUTES Hepatic encephalopathy • Adult: PO 4-12 g/day in divided doses q6hr × 5-6 days • Child: PO 50-100 mg/kg/day in di- vided doses q6hr × 5-6 days Preoperative intestinal antisepsis • Adult: PO 1 g neomycin, and 1 g eryth- romycin dose at 1 PM, 2 PM, 11 PM on day before morning surgery, give after saline laxative
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Available forms: Oral solution 125 mg/5 mL, tablet 500 HIGH ALERT See Appendix B HIGH ALERT
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Hepatic encephalopathy
• Adult: PO 4-12 g/day in divided doses q6hr × 5-6 days
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Hepatic encephalopathy
• Child: PO 50-100 mg/kg/day in di- vided doses q6hr × 5-6 days Preoperative intestinal antisepsis
Candidate age grouping · source page 942
Hepatic encephalopathy
• Adult: PO 1 g neomycin, and 1 g eryth- romycin dose at 1 PM, 2 PM, 11 PM on day before morning surgery, give after saline laxative
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