Zinc
Zinc Information
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Zinc
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Differnet zinc salts are used orally, parentrally and topically in differnt conditions and deficiency. WHO recomends lower limits of safe ranges of population mean intakes of dietry zinc for three categories of diets based on high, moderate and low zinc bioavailability; values are 4.0, 6.5 and 13. 1 mg dietry zinc daily for women, and 5.6, 9.4 and 18.7 mg dietry zinc daily for men respectively. they recommend an upper limit of the safe range of population mean intakes of zinc of 35 mg daily for women and 45 mg daily for men.
Indications
Zinc is primarily indicated in conditions like Zinc deficiency, and can also be given in adjunctive therapy as an alternative drug of choice in Acne vulgaris, Common cold, Wilson's disease.
Contraindication
Zinc
Side Effects
No data regarding the side effects produced by Zinc is available
Warnings
Different zinc salts are used orally, parenterally and topically in different conditions and deficiency. WHO recommends lower limits of safe ranges of population mean intakes of dietary zinc for three categories of diets based on high, moderate and low zinc bioavailability; values are 4.0, 6.5 and 13.1 mg dietry zinc daily for women, and 5.6, 9.4 and 18.7mg dietry zinc daily for men respectively. they recommend an upper limit of the safe range of population mean intakes of zinc of 35 mg daily for women and 45 mg daily for men.
High Risk Groups
If prescribing authority justifies the benefits of the drug against the possible damages he/she should reevaluate them and consult the reference material and previous studies.
Dosage
Zinc Dosage for Adults
| Dose | 6.5 to 0 mg |
| Single Dose | 3.2 (3.25) |
| Frequency | 24 hourly |
| Route | IV |
| Note: As zinc sulphate and zinc chloride. | |
| Dose | 50 to 0 mg |
| Single Dose | 25 (25) |
| Frequency | 8 hourly |
| Route | PO |
| Note: As zinc sulphate and zinc gluconate. |
Zinc Dosage for Paedriatic
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