Tablets are taken orally after a meal, washed down with a small amount of water.
The recommended dose for adults and children from 3 years (body weight from 15-20 kg) is 50 mg / kg per day, divided into 3-4 doses.
Adults - 6-8 tablets per day, children - ½ tablets at 5 kg / body weight per day. In severe forms of infectious diseases, the dose can be increased individually up to 100 mg / kg of body weight per day, divided into 4-6 receptions. The maximum daily intake for adults is 3-4 g / day, for children - 50 mg / kg / day.
Duration of treatment
Acute diseases: the duration of treatment in adults and children is usually from 5 to 14 days. Treatment should continue until the disappearance of clinical symptoms and for another 2 days already in the absence of symptoms.If necessary, the duration of treatment can be increased individually under the supervision of a doctor.
With chronic relapsing diseases in adults and children, treatment should continue several courses for 5-10 days with a break in admission in 8 days.
For maintenance therapy, the dose can be reduced to 500-1000 mg per day (1-2 tablets) for 30 days.
With herpetic infection adults and children are prescribed for 5-10 days before the symptoms disappear, in the asymptomatic period - 1 tablet 2 times a day for 30 days to reduce the number of relapses.
With papillomavirus infection adults, the drug is prescribed 2 tablets 3 times a day, children - ½ tablets at 5 kg / body weight per day in 3-4 doses for 14-28 days in the form of monotherapy.
With recurrent genital warts Adults are prescribed 2 tablets 3 times for children, 2 tablets for 5 kg / body weight per day for 3-4 children per day, either as monotherapy or in combination with surgical treatment for 14-28 days, then with a three-fold repetition specified course at intervals of 1 month.
With cervical dysplasia, associated with the human papillomavirus, 2 tablets 3 times a day for 10 days, followed by 2-3 similar courses with an interval of 10-14 days.