Drug Dosage Calculator2.xls

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T
1	Enter weight (lb):			5.5	lb			2.5	kg		Oral doses are in blue					Injectable doses are in red
2			*ENTER WEIGHT AND HIT TAB*													Maintenance fld (30ml/lb/d)=		12	ml/h
3																	15 drops/ml set=	3	drops/min
4	Drug		Use	Conc. (inj.)		Low dose					High dose					ROA	Frequency	Notes and oral formulations:
5	Acetylcysteine		Tylenol tox	200mg/ml		70mg/kg			0.88	ml	140mg/kg			1.75	ml	IV, PO	QID	1st dose high dose, then low dose every 6h for total of 7 treatments
6			*see notes						0.88	ml				1.75	ml	*PO preferred route		Add to	5.25	ml D5W to give IV (for a 5% soln)
7	Albon			---		27.5mg/kg	69	mg	1.38	ml	55mg/kg	138	mg	2.75	ml	PO	SID	1st dose high dose, then low dose SID for 9 days
8			*see notes															50mg/ml,125mg, 250mg, 500mg
9	Amikacin			50mg/ml	Ca	15mg/kg			0.75	ml	30mg/kg			1.50	ml	IV, IM, SQ	SID
10					Fe	10mg/kg			0.50	ml	15mg/kg			0.75	ml	IV, IM, SQ	SID
11	Aminophylline				Ca	6mg/kg	15	mg	0.60	ml	11mg/kg	28	mg	1.10	ml	IV, IM, PO	BID	100mg; dilute IV dose
12					Fe	4mg/kg	10	mg	0.40	ml						IM, PO	BID
13	Amitriptylline				Ca	2.2mg/kg	6	mg			4.4mg/kg	11	mg			PO	SID	10mg, 25mg
14					Fe	5mg	5	mg			10mg	10	mg			PO	SID	given at night
15	Amoxicillin					10mg/kg	25	mg			20mg/kg	50	mg			PO	BID	100mg, 200mg, 400mg
16	Ampicillin			250mg/ml	Ca	20mg/kg			0.20	ml	40mg/kg			0.40	ml	IV, IM, SQ	TID, QID
17					Fe	10mg/kg			0.25	ml	40mg/kg			1.00	ml	IV, IM, SQ	TID, QID
18	Polyflex			200mg/ml	Ca	20mg/kg			0.10	ml	40mg/kg			0.20	ml	IV, IM, SQ	TID, QID
19					Fe	10mg/kg			0.13	ml	40mg/kg			0.50	ml	IV, IM, SQ	TID, QID
20	Apomorphine			3mg/cc	Ca	0.03mg/kg			0.03	ml						IV, IM		1 capsule/cc saline
21						0.08mg/kg			0.07	ml						SQ
22				3mg/0.5cc		0.25mg/kg			0.10	ml						conjunctiva		1 capsule/0.5cc saline
23	Atropine			0.54mg/ml		.022mg/kg			0.10	ml	0.044mg/kg			0.20	ml
24			cholenergic tox			0.2mg/kg			0.93	ml	2mg/kg			9.26	ml	see notes		1/4 dose IV, rest IM or SQ
25	Azathioprine					2mg/kg	5	mg								PO	SID	50mg; 2 weeks then taper
26	Banamine			50mg/ml	Ca	0.25mg/kg			0.01	ml	1mg/kg			0.05	ml	IV, IM, SQ	SID or BID PRN
27					Fe	0.25mg/kg			0.01	ml						IV	SID or BID PRN
28	Baytril			100mg/ml	Ca	5mg/kg	13	mg	0.13	ml	20mg/kg	50	mg	0.50	ml	PO, IV, IM	SID or 1/2 BID	22.7mg, 68mg, 136mg
29					Fe	2.5mg/kg	6	mg	0.06	ml	5mg/kg	13	mg	0.13	ml	PO, IM	SID, BID
30	Benazepril					0.25mg/kg	1	mg			0.5mg/kg	1	mg			PO	SID, BID	5mg
31			hypertension		Fe	0.25mg/kg	1	mg			1mg/kg	3	mg			PO	SID
32	Buprenex			0.3mg/ml	Ca	0.01mg/kg			0.08	ml	0.04mg/kg			0.33	ml	IV, IM	see notes	low dose every 4-8h, high dose q12h
33					Fe	0.01mg/kg			0.08	ml	0.03mg/kg	0	ml	0.25	ml	IV, IM, PO	see notes	low dose every 6h, high dose q12h
34	Buprenorphine		see above
35	Butorphanol		antitussive	---		0.05mg/kg	0	mg			0.1mg/kg	0	mg			PO	BID, QID
36			analgesic	10mg/ml		0.2mg/kg	1	mg	0.05	ml	0.4mg/kg	1	mg	0.10	ml	IV, IM, SQ	QID, TID
37						0.5mg/kg	1	mg			1mg/kg	3	mg			PO	QID, TID
38			CRI for pain			0.18mg/kg/h			0.45	ml/L							CRI	Enter fluid rate	100	ml/h
39			pre-anesthetic		Ca	0.05mg/kg			0.01	ml						IV
40					Fe	0.2mg/kg			0.05	ml	0.4mg/kg			0.10	ml	IV
41	Calcium gluconate			10%		0.5ml/kg			1.25	ml	1.5ml/kg			3.75	ml	IV
42	Cefadroxil				Ca	22mg/kg			1.10	ml						PO	BID	50mg/ml
43	(Cefadrops)				Fe	22mg/kg			1.10	ml						PO	SID, BID, or TID
44	Cefazolin			100mg/ml	Ca	20mg/kg			0.50	ml	30mg/kg			0.75	ml	IV, IM, SQ	QID or TID	Higher doses for gram (-)
45					Fe	10mg/kg			0.25	ml	30mg/kg			0.75	ml	IV, IM, SQ	QID or TID	infections
46	Cefovecin			80mg/ml		8mg/kg			0.25	ml
47	Centrine			0.5mg/ml														0.2mg
48	Cephalexin					22mg/kg	55	mg			30mg/kg	75	mg			PO	BID, TID	250mg, 500mg
49	Cerenia			10mg/ml	Ca	1mg/kg			0.25	ml						SQ	SID
50						2mg/kg	5	mg								PO	SID
51			motion sickness			8mg/kg	20	mg								PO	once
52				10mg/ml	Fe	0.5mg/kg	1	mg	0.13	ml	1mg/kg	0	mg	0.25	ml	SQ, PO	SID
53	Chloramphenicol				Ca	25mg/kg	63	mg			60mg/kg	150	mg			PO	TID or QID	250mg
54					Fe	25mg/kg	63	mg			50mg/kg	125	mg			PO	BID	*some references are for 50mg/cat
55	Chlorpheniramine				Ca	0.4mg/kg	1	mg			0.8mg/kg	2	mg			PO	BID or TID	4mg; 12 mg max in a dog
56					Fe	2mg	2	mg			4mg	4	mg			PO	BID or TID
57	Chlorpromazine			25mg/ml		0.2mg/kg			0.02	ml	0.5mg/kg			0.05	ml	IV, IM, SQ	TID
58	Cimetidine			150mg/ml		5mg/kg	13	mg	0.08	ml	10mg/kg	25	mg	0.17	ml	IV, IM, PO	TID	200mg, 400mg
59				---		5mg/kg			0.21	ml	10mg/kg			0.42	ml	PO	TID	60mg/ml
60	Ciprofloxacin					5mg/kg	13	mg			15mg/kg	38	mg			PO	BID	250mg, 500mg, 750mg; low dose for UTI's
61	Clemastine					0.05mg/kg	0	mg			0.1mg/kg	0	mg			PO	BID	1.34mg, 2.68mg
62	Clindamycin		sepsis	150mg/ml		11mg/kg			0.18	ml						IV	BID
63						3mg/kg			0.05	ml	11mg/kg			0.18	ml	IV, IM, SQ	BID
64				---	Ca	5.5mg/kg	14	mg	0.55	ml	33mg/kg	83	mg	3.30	ml	PO	BID	25mg/ml; 75mg, 150mg
65				---	Fe	5mg/kg	13	mg	0.50	ml	33mg/kg	83	mg	3.30	ml	PO	SID
66			stomatitis	---	Fe	11mg/kg	28	mg	1.10	ml	24mg/kg	60	mg	2.40	ml	PO	SID	tx 7-28 days
67	Clomipramine				Ca	2mg/kg	5	mg			4mg/kg	10	mg			PO	SID or divided BID	25mg, 50mg, 75mg, 80mg
68	Convenia			80mg/ml		8mg/kg			0.25	ml
69	Cyproheptadine					2mg	2	mg			4mg	4	mg			PO	BID	4mg
70	Deramaxx		osteoarthritis		Ca	1mg/kg	3	mg			2mg/kg	5	mg			PO	SID	25mg, 100mg
71			post-op pain		Ca	3mg/kg	8	mg			4mg/kg	10	mg			PO	SID
72	Dex SP		low dose dex	4mg/ml		0.01mg/kg			0.01	ml	0.015mg/kg			0.01	ml	IV
73			IVDD		Ca	0.5mg/kg			0.31	ml	2mg/kg			1.25	ml	IV, SQ	BID	High dose initially, then low dose q12h
74			asthma		Fe	1mg/kg			0.63	ml						IV, IM, SQ
75	Diazepam		seizures	5mg/ml
76						2mg/kg			1.00	ml						rectally	PRN
77			appetite stim.		Fe	0.05mg/kg			0.03	ml	0.15mg/kg			0.08	ml	IV	SID
78			CRI-seizures			0.01mg/kg/h			3.00	ml/L	0.5mg/kg/h						CRI (in D5W)	Enter fluid rate:	40	ml/h
79			restraint		Ca	0.2mg/kg					0.6mg/kg						IV
80	Digoxin					0.005mg/kg	0	mg			0.01mg	0	mg			PO	BID	based on lean body wt.; 0.125mg
81	Dopamine	Oliguric renal		40mg/ml		0.5ug/kg/min			0.09	ml/L	3ug/kg/min			0.56	ml/L		CRI	Enter fluid rate:	20	ml/h
82			Heart failure			2.2ug/kg/min			0.41	ml/L	11ug/kg/min			2.06	ml/L		CRI	Enter fluid rate:	20	ml/h
83	Doxycycline				Ca	5mg/kg	13	mg			10mg/kg	25	mg			IV, PO	SID or BID	100mg; use higher dose for Lyme's
84			RMSF			5mg/kg	13	mg								PO
85					Fe	5mg/kg	13	mg			10mg/kg	25	mg			IV, PO	BID
86				---		5mg/kg			2.50	ml	10mg/kg			5.00	ml			5mg/ml
87	Drontal +		See chart at bottom
88	Enacard				Ca	0.5mg/kg	1	mg								PO	SID, BID	2.5mg, 5mg, 20mg
89					Fe	0.25mg/kg	1	mg			0.5mg/kg	1	mg			PO	SID, BID
90	Enalapril		see above
91	Enrofloxacin			100mg/ml	Ca	5mg/kg	13	mg	0.13	ml	20mg/kg	50	mg	0.50	ml	PO, IV, IM	SID or divide BID
92					Fe	2.5mg/kg	6	mg	0.06	ml	5mg/kg	13	mg	0.13	ml	PO, IM	SID, BID
93	Epinephrine		anaphylaxis			0.01mg/kg			0.00	ml	0.02mg/kg			0.00	ml	IV
94	Famotidine			10mg/ml	Ca	0.5mg/kg	1	mg	0.13	ml	1mg/kg	3	mg	0.25	ml	IV, SQ, PO	SID, BID
95					Fe	0.5mg/kg	1	mg	0.13	ml	1mg/kg	3	mg	0.25	ml	SQ,. PO	SID, BID
96	Flavoxate				Ca	100mg	100	mg			200mg	200	mg			PO	BID	100mg
97					Fe	50mg	25	mg			100mg	50	mg			PO	BID	low dose <10lbs, high dose >10lbs
98	Flunixin meglumine			50mg/ml	Ca	0.25mg/kg			0.01	ml	1mg/kg			0.05	ml	IV, IM, SQ	SID or BID PRN
99					Fe	0.25mg/kg			0.01	ml						IV	SID or BID PRN
100	Furosemide			50mg/ml		1mg/lb	6	mg	0.11	ml	2mg/lb	11	mg	0.22	ml	IV, IM, PO	BID, TID, QID	Use lower dose in cats; repeat dose as needed for CHF