Indication:
Dosage & Administration:
Tablet:
20 mg twice daily. Maintenance therapy as Famotack® 20 one tablet at night.
Powder for Suspension:
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD):
< 1 year of age: 0.5 mg/kg/dose of famotidine oral suspension up to 8 weeks once daily in patients
Age 3 to 11 months: 0.5 mg/kg/dose twice daily up to 8 weeks
Age 1 to 2 months: 0.5 mg/kg/dose once daily up to 8 weeks
Neonates: 0.5 mg/kg/dose maximum once daily up to 8 weeks
Patients 1-16 years of age:
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD):1.0 mg/kg/day p.o. divided b.i.d. up to 40 mg b.i.d.
Duodonal ulcer: 0.5 mg/kg/day p.o. at bedtime or divided b.i.d. up to 40 mg/day.
Peptic ulcer: 0.5 mg/kg/day p.o. at bedtime or divided b.i.d. up to 40 mg/day.
Maintenance therapy: 40 mg at daily night.
Reflux esophagitis: 2 mg/kg/day
Zollinger- Ellison Syndrome: 40 mg 3 times daily.
Preparation:
Famotack® 40 tablet : Box containing 5 x 10 tablets in blister pack.
Famotack Powder for suspension: Box containing sealed cap HDPE bottle containg dry powder for reconstituting 50 ml suspension with a dropper.