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Wednesday, 27 April 2016

Amikacin

  • Class: Aminoglycoside antibacterial
  • Action: Act on susceptible bacteria by irreversibly binding to the 30S ribosomal subunit thereby inhibiting protein synthesis. It is considered to be an bactericidal antibiotic.
  • Anti bacterial spectrum: Many aerobic gram negative and some aerobic gram positive bacteria, including E. coli, Klebsiella, Proteus, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Enterobacter, Serratia, and Shigella, Mycoplasma, and Staphylococcus.
  • Dosage: 
Cattle: 10 mg/kg IM q8h or 25 mg/kg q12h or
22 mg/kg/day IM divided tid
Dogs, Cats: 5 - 10 mg/kg IV, IM or SC
Horse: 6.6 mg/kg IM or IV or
4 - 8 mg/kg q8-12h IM
Birds: 15 mg/kg IM or SC
  • AMIKIN            Vetsfarma
Inj          250 mg/ml          30 ml, 100 ml
  • AMIDAC               Zydus AHL
Inj          250 mg/ml         10 ml, 50 ml, 100 ml
  • TAMIK               TTK
(Amikacin Sulphate IP equivalent to Amikacin 250 mg + Methyl paraben IP 0.18 % w/v + Propyl paraben IP 0.025 % w/v)/ ml
Inj          250 mg/ ml          50 ml, 100 ml