E-drug: rectal formulation of chloralhydrate (cont)
-------------------------------------------
Does anybody have any information regarding the formulation of a
chloralhydrate rectal preparation, e.g. supps or enema. It is
Dear Annoesjka Chanterie,
we enclose some information regarding the formulation of chloral
hydrate, that you required.
General considerations:
In Italy, no formulation of this drug is available on the market. In
USA, it is available with the trade name Noctec in tablets, supps and
syrop.
The recommended dosege in paediatric patients is 50/70 mg/Kg per os
or rectal use, until a maximum of 1 g for a single dose.
The syrop formulation is:
Chloral Hydrate g 5
syrop (water and sugar) g 40
essence of raspberry as needed
distillated water until g 100
We would like to know if you followed our instructions and the
relative results!
Fabio Pieraccini
Annalisa Campomori
Dept. of Pharmacology
University of Bologna
Italy
Email: acamp@mail.biocfarm.unibo.it
--
Send mail for the `E-Drug' conference to `e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'.
Mail administrative requests to `majordomo@usa.healthnet.org'.
For additional assistance, send mail to: `owner-e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'.