Complete dosing information for SINCALIDE
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 Recommended Adult Dosage and Administration by Indication: To Stimulate Contraction of the Gallbladder 0.02 mcg/kg as a single dose over 30 to 60 seconds via intravenous injection. If satisfactory contraction does not occur in 15 minutes, administer a dose of 0.04 mcg/kg over 30 to 60 seconds. ( 2.1 ) Alternatively consider an intravenous infusion to reduce gastrointestinal adverse reactions : 0.12 mcg/kg diluted in 100 mL of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP and infused over 50 minutes at a rate of 2 mL per minute. ( 2.1 , 2.2 , 5.3 ) To Stimulate Pancreatic Secretion in Combination with Secretin 30 minutes after initiation of secretin for injection, administer 0.02 mcg/kg diluted in 30 mL of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP and infused over 30 minutes at a rate of 1 mL per minute. ( 2.1 , 2.2 ) To Accelerate Transit of a Barium Meal Through the Small Intestine After the barium meal is beyond the proximal jejunum, administer 0.04 mcg/kg over 30 to 60 sec