2010 – Dose Chart

Class	Antibiotic	Usual Dose (a)	Cost/Day (c)
Pencillins	Penicillin G Ampicillin Nafcillin Amp/Sulbactam Pip/Tazobactam	1M MU X 1 IV 1 MU q 4h IV 3 MU q 4h IV 1gm q 6h IV 1gm q 4h IV 3gm q 6h IV 4.5gm q 8h IV 3.375 gm q 6h	$ $$ $$$$$ $$ $$$ $ $$$ $$$
Cephalosporins	Cefazolin Cephalexin Cefotaxime Cetriaxone Ceftazidime Cefepime	IV 1gm q 8h PO 500mg q 6h IV 1gm q 8h IV 2gm q 8h IV 1gm q 24h IV 1gm q 8h IV 2gm q 8h IV 1gm q 12h IV 2gm q 12h	$ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $
Aminoglycosides	Gentamicin Tobramycin Amikacin	IV 3-7 mg/kg/d IV 3-7 mg/kg/d IV 12.5-20 mg/kg/d	$ $ $
Others	Ertapenem Imipenem Meropenem Doripenem Aztreonam Levofloxacin Vancomycin Metronidazole Clindamycin Trimeth/Sulfa Doxycycline Linezolid Daptomycin Tigecycline Ciprofloxacin Nitrofurantoin Tetracycline	IV/IM 1 gm q 24h IV 500mg q 24h IV 500mg q 8h IV 500mg q 8h IV 1gm q 8h IV 500 mg q8h IV 250 mg q8h IV 250 mg q12h IV 1 gm q 8h IV 500mg q 24h IV 750mg q 24h PO 500mg q 24h PO 750mg q 24h IV 1gm q 12h IV 500mg q 6h PO 250mg q 6h IV 600mg q 6h IV 900mg q 8h PO 300mg q 6h IV 10mg q 6h PO 1 DS q 12h IV 100mg q 12h PO 100mg q 12h IV 600mg q 12h PO 600mg q 12h IV 4mg/kg q 24h IV 50 mg q 12 h PO 250mg q 12h PO 100mg q 12h PO 250 mg q 6-12h	$$$ $$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$ $$ $$$$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$ $ $ $

$ 00.00-20.00 $$ 20.01-30.00 $$$ 30.01-60.00 $$$$ 60.01-80.00 $$$$$ > 80.00