Adults:
Intravenous slowly (for 4-6 minutes) for 5-10 ml of a 24 mg / ml solution (0.12-0.24 g) is slowly injected into the 10-20 ml isotonic sodium chloride solution.With the appearance of palpitations, dizziness, nausea, the rate of administration slows down or changes to drop introduction, for which 10-20 ml of a 24 mg / ml solution (0.24-0.48 g) is diluted in 100-150 ml of isotonic sodium chloride solution; injected at a rate of 30-50 drops per minute.
Parenterally enter euphyllin up to 3 times a day, no more than 14 days.
Higher doses of euphyllin for adults: single-dose 0.25 g, daily - 0.5 g.
At urgent conditions adults are injected intravenously in a dose of 6 mg / kg, diluted in 10-20 ml 0.9% solution NaCl, injected slowly for at least 5 minutes.
When asthmatic status is shown in / in the drip introduction - 720-750 mg.
For children:
if necessary, enter eufillin intravenously from the calculation of a single dose of 2-3 mg / kg, preferably drip.
At the age of 3 months - 30-60 mg / day, 4-12 months - 60-90 mg / day, 2-3 years - 90-120 mg, 4-7 years -120-240 mg, 8-18 years - 250-500 mg / day.
Higher doses for children intravenously: single dose - 3 mg / kg, daily from 2 to 3 years - 0.09-0.12 g, from 4 to 7 years - 0.12-0.24 g, from 8 to 18 years - 0.25-0.5 g.
The duration of parenteral administration is no more than 14 days.
In apnea of newborns, the initial dose (a condition characterized by periods of absence of breath for 15 seconds and accompanied by cyanosis and bradycardia) is 5 mg / kg (per nasogastric tube), maintaining a dose of 2 mg / kg in 2 divided doses. Duration of treatment is several weeks, in rare cases - months.
You can prescribe rectally in the form of microclysters. The dose for adults is 0.24-0.48 g in 20-25 ml of warm water; children - less, according to age.
Higher doses for adults rectally - single 0.5 g, daily 1.5 g; in / in - single 0.25 g, daily 0.5 g.
Higher doses for children rectally - single 7 mg / kg, daily 15 mg / kg; in / in - single 3 mg / kg.