Complete dosing information for REMDESIVIR
Medical guidance required: Dosing information here is for educational purposes. Your healthcare provider will determine the appropriate dose based on your specific condition, kidney function, other medications, and medical history. Never adjust your dose without consulting your doctor or pharmacist.
2 DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION Testing: In all patients, before starting VEKLURY and during treatment as clinically appropriate, perform hepatic laboratory testing. Assess prothrombin time before starting VEKLURY and monitor as clinically appropriate. ( 2.2 ) Recommended dosage: Adults and pediatric patients weighing at least 40 kg: a single loading dose of VEKLURY 200 mg on Day 1 followed by once-daily maintenance doses of VEKLURY 100 mg from Day 2 via intravenous infusion. ( 2.3 ) Pediatric patients (birth to less than 18 years of age) weighing 1.5 kg to less than 40 kg: Recommended dosage is based on weight. Refer to Table 1 of the full prescribing information for specific dosing guidelines based on body weight. ( 2.3 ) Hospitalized patients: The treatment course of VEKLURY should be initiated as soon as possible after diagnosis of symptomatic COVID-19 has been made. ( 2.3 ) For hospitalized patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation and/or ECMO, the recommended total treatment