Pat,
May I suggest 6 mg/kg as a loading dose then 3mg/kg a day given once a day.
See  the Harriet Lane Handbook as a refernce. Anyone seeing babies should
have a copy.
Rob


Rob Cordes, DO, FAAP, FACOP
general pediatrician
Wilkes Barre PA
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