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What Dosage Of Antibiotics Should Be Given To An Elderly Lady For UTI?
Mom who is 99 and has been diagnosed with an urinary tract infection and was prescribed nitrofurantoin mono mcr 100 mg was given a twice a day prescription for 5 days . When she has an uti she hears voices and her mind replays things from radio or old family conversations. Because we caught it quickly the symptoms are not as severe yet as previous episodes. On line suggests the dosage is 4x per day and the bottle is for 2x per day. She weighs about 160 and is short and heavy in the middle. Is this dosage enough. Prior uti infections responded quickly with amoxycillin but I am not confident this dosage is enough.
usually at so high age immunity levels goes down hence we ysed to prefer lower dosage or paediatric dosage.. the dose given is half of the adult dose .n that shud be sufficient enough for her.
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What Dosage Of Antibiotics Should Be Given To An Elderly Lady For UTI?
usually at so high age immunity levels goes down hence we ysed to prefer lower dosage or paediatric dosage.. the dose given is half of the adult dose .n that shud be sufficient enough for her.