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Table 3 National guidelines on dosage by age for SP medicines. [1 tab = 500 mg sulphadoxine, 25 mg pyrimethamine; 5 ml = 250 mg sulphadoxine, 12.5 mg pyrimethamine]

From: Use of over-the-counter malaria medicines in children and adults in three districts in Kenya: implications for private medicine retailer interventions

    

Total no spoons syrup

Age

Days given over

Total no tabs

Total in mg*

tsp (5 ml)

tbs (10 ml)

<11 months

1

1/2 – 3/4

250 – 375

1 – 1 1/2

1/2 – 3/4

12 – 59 months

1

1 – 1 1/4

500 – 625

2 – 2 1/2

1 – 1 1/4

5–8 years

1

1 1/2 – 1 3/4

750–875

  

9–14 years

1

2–2 3/4

1000–1375

  

15+ years

1

3

1500

-

-

  1. *for sulpha component
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Malaria Journal

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