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Adult- 0.3-0.5 g every 6 hours (4 times a day) or 0.5-1 g every 12 hours (2 times a day). The maximum daily dose is 4 g. The course of treatment is 5-10 days .
Children older than 8 years - at 6.25-12.5 mg / kg every 6 hours or 12.5-25 mg / kg every 12 hours.
With acne: 0.5-2 g / day in divided doses. If the condition improves (usually after 3 weeks), the dose is gradually reduced to a maintenance dose of 0.1-1 g. Adequate remission of acne can be achieved by using the drug every other day or intermittent therapy.
Brucellosis: 0.5 g every 6 hours for 3 weeks, simultaneously with intramuscular injection of streptomycin in a dose of 1 g every 12 hours for 1 week and 1 time per day for 2 weeks.
Uncomplicated gonorrhea - the initial single dose - 1.5 g, then 0.5 g every 6 hours for 4 days (total dose of 9 g).
Syphilis: 0.5 g every 6 hours, during L5 'days (early syphilis) or 30 days (late syphilis).
Uncomplicated urethral, endocervical and rectal infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, - 0.5 g every 6 hours for at least 7 days.
Lyme disease (only the early stage) - 1.0-1.5 g per day 10-14 days.
Listeriosis - 0.2-0.3 g every 6 hours for 7-10 days.
Actinomycosis - 3 g per day for the first 10 days, then 0.5 g every 6 hours for the last 18 days.
Chlamydia - 1,5-2 g per day for 10 days ("fresh" forms) and 15-20 days (chronic, complicated forms).
Inguinal granuloma, venereal lymphogranuloma - 0.5 g every 6 hours for 3-4 weeks.
Psittacosis: 0.5 g every 6 hours (weakening and disappearance of symptoms of the disease occurs in 24-48 hours). Treatment is continued for 7-14 days after the normalization of body temperature to prevent relapse.
Vesicle rickettsiosis - 0.8-1.2 g per day for 8-10 days.
Tularemia - 1,5-2 g per day. After normalizing the temperature, treatment is continued for another 5-7 days.
Yaws-0.5 g every 6 hours for 14 days.
Plague - up to 6 g per day. When the condition is improved, the dose is reduced to 2 g per day, before the temperature normalizes, but for at least 3 days. Contact persons should conduct a course on 0, 3r every 6 hours.