Re: Activated Charcoal, dosing

[Guest guest]

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Thanks for finding this and posting. The capsules I have from the

health food store have considerably less than this---350 mg/capsule.

I was concerned about giving him too much, but it looks like a higher

dose would still be safe. Hopefully he won't need that much, since he

isn't an acute poisoning victim! I ended up giving him one capsule

tonight about an hour after he had the Nystatin. We'll see what

happens.

Jean in NC

> I found this site:

http://www.aactox.org/Pos_Statements/Charcoal.html

> it seems you may need to play around with the dose a little, and

> check around for other guidelines. This is a started though. .

>

<snip>

> The United States Pharmacopeia (USP DI, 1997) recommends the

> following oral dosage regimen.

>

> Children up to one year of age:1 g/kg

> Children 1 to 12 years of age:25 to 50 g

> Adolescents and adults:25 to 100 g