AAH Pharmaceuticals
AAH Pharmaceuticals
Sapphire Court
Walsgrave Triangle
Coventry
CV2 2TX
+44 (0)344 561 2266
The professional's guide to product selection
AAH Pharmaceuticals
Sapphire Court
Walsgrave Triangle
Coventry
CV2 2TX
+44 (0)344 561 2266
Non-sedating antihistamine.
Adult and child over 12 years: 8 mg, 3 times daily.
By mouth
• Adult: usual range 0.5–5 mg daily.
By intramuscular injection or by slow intravenous injection or infusion
• Adult: 4–20 mg, repeated up to 4 times in 24 hours.
Prophylaxis and treatment of allergic rhinitis and nasal polyps by intranasal administration
• Over 6 years: 256 mcg once daily, to be administered as 2 sprays into each nostril in the morning, reduce dose when control achieved. Alternatively, 128 mcg…
Reduction of sputum viscosity.
• Child 2–4 years: 62.5–125 mg, 4 times daily
• Child 5–11 years: 250 mg, 3 times daily
• Over 12 years: initially 2.25 g daily in divided doses, then 1.5 g daily in divided doses as condition improves.
Non-sedating antihistamine.
• Child 1 year: 250 mcg/kg twice daily.
• Child 2–5 years: 2.5 mg, twice daily.
• Child 6–11 years: 5 mg, twice daily.
• Over 12 years: 10 mg, once daily.
Sedating antihistamine.
By mouth for symptomatic relief of allergy such as hay fever, urticaria, food allergy, drug reactions, relief of itch associated with chickenpox.
• Child 1–23 months: 1 mg, twice daily.
• Child 2–5 years: 1 mg, every 4–6 hours,…
Non-sedating antihistamine.
• Child 1–5 years: 1.25 mg once daily.
• Child 6–11 years: 2.5 mg once daily.
• Over 12 years: 5 mg once daily.
Suppression of inflammatory and allergic disorders by mouth
• Child: 10–100 mcg/kg daily in 1–2 divided doses.
• Adult: 0.5–10 mg daily.
Mild croup by mouth
Child: 150 mcg/kg for 1 dose
Severe croup by mouth
Child: initially 150 mcg/kg before transfer t…
A non-specific adrenoceptor agonist.
By mouth for reversible airway obstruction
• Adult: 15–60 mg, three times daily
By intranasal administration for nasal congestion, sinusitis affecting the maxillary antrum
• Over 12 years: apply 1–2 drops up to four…
Non-sedating antihistamine.
Seasonal allergic rhinitis
• Child 6–11 years: 30 mg, twice daily.
• Over 12 years: 120 mg, once daily.
Chronic idiopathic urticaria
• Over 12 years: 180 mg, once daily.
Antimuscarinic bronchodilator.
For the treatment of excessive respiratory secretions in palliative care by subcutaneous injection
Adult: 200 mcg every 4 hours and when required, hourly use is occasionally necessary, particularly in excessive respirato…
For the treatment of anaphylaxis and asthma.
By intravenous injection for acute hypersensitivity reactions
• Adult: 100–300 mg, to be administered as sodium succinate.
By intramuscular injection, or by intravenous injection for acute hypersensitivity r…
Antimuscarinic bronchodilator.
Reversible airway obstruction by inhalation of aerosol
• Child 1 month–5 years: 20 mcg, 3 times daily.
• Child 6–11 years: 20–40 mcg, 3 times daily.
• Over 12 years: 20–40 mcg, 3–4 times daily.
For reversible airways obstr…
Non-sedating antihistamine.
• Child 2–5 years: 1.25 mg, twice daily.
• Over 6 years: 5 mg, once daily.
Prophylaxis and treatment of allergic rhinitis by intranasal administration
• Child 3–11 years: 50 mcg daily, dose into each nostril.
• Over 12 years: 100 mcg daily, increased if necessary up to 200 mcg daily, dose into each nostril. Reduce to 50 mcg d…
A leukotriene receptor antagonist that inhibits bronchoconstriction by blocking the inflammatory response in the airways.
Prophylaxis of asthma
• Child 6 months–5 years: 4 mg once daily in the evening.
• 6–14 years: 5 mg once daily in the evening
• Adul…
By mouth for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Adult: 30 mg daily for 7–14 days.
By mouth for severe croup or mild croup that might cause complications (before transfer to hospital)
• Child: 1–2 mg/kg.
By mouth for mild to mod…
Sedating antihistamine.
By mouth
• Child 2–4 years: 5 mg twice daily, alternatively 5–15 mg once daily, dose to be taken at night.
• Child 5–9 years: 5–10 mg twice daily, alternatively 10–25 mg once daily, dose to be taken at night.
• Child 10–17 years…
Non-sedating antihistamine.
• Over 12 years: 10 mg, once daily.
Short-acting selective beta2 agonist.
Oral
(Please note, inhalation route preferred over oral route in children.)
• Child 1 month–1 year: 100 mcg/kg (maximum 2 mg) 3–4 times daily
• Child 2–5 years: 1–2 mg, 3–4 times daily
• Child 6–11 years: 2 mg, 3–4 t…
By inhalation of nebulised solution for asthma
• Over 12 years: 5–10 mg 2–4 times daily, additional doses may be necessary in severe acute asthma.
By inhalation of nebulised solution for moderate to severe acute asthma
• Child 1 month–4 years: 5 mg, re…