Succimer, Edetate Calcium Disodium and Dimercaprol Doses (Labels)
Labeled chelation doses for heavy metal poisoning.
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Example
- Agent and poisoning
- Succimer: lead poisoning in a pediatric patient
- Weight
- 20 kg
Result: Succimer 200 mg (2 capsules of 100 mg) per dose, the label's row for 16 to 23 kg. Every 8 hours for 5 days, then every 12 hours for 14 days.
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What you enter
- Agent and poisoning
- Weight (succimer and dimercaprol)
- Body surface area (edetate calcium disodium)
- Serum creatinine (edetate, lead nephropathy)
- First dose, YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM (optional, for the dose calendar)
How this is calculated
Citation
FDA labels on DailyMed: CHEMET (succimer capsule table and 19-day course), Edetate Calcium Disodium Injection (1,000 mg/m2 a day; lead nephropathy regimens by creatinine) and BAL in Oil (dimercaprol by weight). Read the sources: CHEMET label ↗, Edetate Calcium Disodium label ↗, BAL in Oil label ↗
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